posed a great danger to south korea and regions in japan for a number of years. they have a number of weapons pointed directly at south korea. they could kill thousands quickly if a military fight were to break out. they could fire a missile with a warhead fire it here in tokyo. whether it could be shot down effectively hashas yet to be determined. and north korea has not yet done that. they have not used these conventional weapons. even at times a very conventional weapon. the reason they have not done this is they re not designed because they want to attack the united states and south korea and japan. they are designed to prevent them from being attacked. they re to keep the regime firmly in control and they believe this nuclear tee ternt is their key to stability and their key to eventually sit at the diplomatic table around the world. so just because they con diktded