Tough Decision Making

North Korea has detonated the contested atomic bomb and had claimed no radiation has escaped the underground test that measured according to the North Korean source 3.58 magnitude seismic tremor, whereas according to U.S. source it measured 4.2. The problem is the test had gained across the board condemnation that includes all Asian countries, including allies like China and Japan. Some even have called it weapon of mass destruction. However, the U.S. has stated that now it is true that the North Koreans have developed the bomb, but they could still lack the technology to deploy small bombs on missiles. Which means still their advancement is not a threat to world peace.

In their turn, the North Koreans had stated that now at least some kind of a balance of power will be there and their achievement could fend off the mounting U.S. threat in the Korean Peninsula. The South Koreans have boosted their military alert and are on the lookout for new developments. Conclusion, since there are other smaller countries that are, more or less, at the same level as the North Koreans that are in possession of the weapon, the next step should focus on diplomatic effort that will bring in the disgruntled North Korea whose main problem is their nation’s economy into the International community instead of alienating them further by coming up with sanctions.