Don’t forget the missiles

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In the second nuclear age, we have entered a new and dangerous phase of unchecked proliferation in which missile proliferation in many regions of the world is threatening to disrupt the global strategic balance. Over the past decade, North Korea’s nuclear programme has garnered world attention but the threat posed by its fastest-growing fleet of ballistic missiles has largely been ignored.

This lack of attention can be explained by the fact that much of the open source literature on the current status of North Korea’s ballistic missile programme is both inadequate and inconclusive.