Is North Korea getting ready for nuclear war?

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🗓️ 12 September 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

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After North Korea's latest test of a weapon of mass destruction last Friday, President Obama said, "The United States does not, and never will, accept North Korea as a nuclear state." Others warn that the US and its allies may not have a choice.

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0:38.9	Is North Korea getting ready for nuclear war?
0:45.6	Hello again, I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Point.
0:48.8	On Friday, North Korea exploded a nuclear weapon twice as large as the one attested just eight months ago.
0:55.4	Increased economic sanctions didn't work.
0:58.4	The speed of development and defiance of international retaliation are giving new urgency to an old
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1:04.6	Do the U.S. and its allies really know what Kim Jong-un is up to?
1:09.2	The consensus has been that his nuclear program was more political
1:12.7	than military, designed for internal consumption and international show. We'll hear some new
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