Missing the point:

In the wake of the speculation that a Japanese trading company, said to be an affiliate of Moon's Unification Church, purchased Russian submarines for North Korea, we read this:

Korean Missile Said to Advance; U.S. Is Unworried

North Korea appears closer to deploying a new mobile ballistic missile that is a worrisome increase in that nation's military capacity, but American government officials stressed Wednesday that the weapon could not reach the continental United States.

The new missile is based on designs of a Soviet-era submarine-launched weapon, known in the West as the SSN6, which has an estimated maximum range of just over 2,600 miles.

Yeah, but it can reach Japan. And how come there is such complacency when Iraq's pathetic drones caused a stir?

NOTE: We agree with Mark A. R. Kleiman that the Moon-submarine story is huge, if true.

posted by Quiddity at 8/05/2004 02:29:00 AM