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Matt Perkins North Korea rocket launch fails, US officials confirm 4/12/12
 * Summary**: North Korea has recently developed a rocket that is supposed to hold a satellite for civilian use. For the past few days the United States has watched the North Koreans carefully as they prepared this rocket. The reason for watching this so carefully is because the missile can also be fitted to hold a nuclear weapon. This sparks another threat as the North Koreans have a nuclear arsenal. This presents a threatening situation to regional security. After having tested the missile, it is confirmed it has failed and broke apart within two minutes of launching.
 * Relevance:** This is very relevant to the topic we are learning about today. At the end of WWII the Russians experienced the power of the first atomic bombs dropped on Japan and saw the power the United States had. Very soon after that Russia started creating its own nuclear weapons which made the United States skeptical. The reason for the United States caution towards Russia and the nuclear weapon is we knew we would not misuse it. With communism spreading and the center of communism being Russia, the United States became weary and grew interested in the intentions for the creation of those weapons. This was a problem throughout the Cold War because communist Russia was a threat because their missiles could hit the United States. This is happening with the isolated country of North Korea again. In the past the world experience situations of North Korea developing the nuclear capabilities of the bomb. Now they are resuming or perfecting their work with a missile test that will allow them to transport their weapon to a very wide range. This is all very relevant dealing with the Soviets taking control of North Korea and letting them become exposed to communism. In the end this had taken a terrible toll on the country and their decision making along with their growth compared to the rest of the world. North Korea is experiencing these problems with leadership decisions and nuclear weapons because of what happened about 60 years ago.
 * Evaluation**: With the United States and all of its allies questioning the missile launch by North Korea, many would think it be obvious to cancel it due to the threat they all pose. Even neighbor Russia was not in favor of the launch. In previous events, North Korea has been viewed as a child. Many children will do stupid, almost dangerous things when wanting attention. Is North Korea feeling like it’s lonely, in turn doing something radical to gain attention? Or was this even a real satellite that was supposed to be put into orbit? Could the North Koreans just be saying that to cover up it being a military test only for nuclear weapon transportation, to perfect their military missile? Many would believe such a small country like North Korea would not do something so stupid, such as a nuclear weapon detonation on another country to spark WWIII. Whatever the North Koreans have in mind, many believe it was a fail, or at the very least, hope it was.


 * Questions:**
 * 1) What did the North Koreans really have in mind with this missile?
 * 2) Is this just a smaller piece to a bigger puzzle?
 * 3) Would the North Koreans really be that ignorant to develop and use something to spark WWIII?
 * 4) How long will it take for the Koreans to perfect their missile?
 * 5) If and when they perfect their missile, who would they use it on?
 * 6) Has America done enough to try and stop this potential threat?
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