Powers to North Korean Nuclear

¶ … Powers to North Korean Nuclear Capability?

2009 has seen North Korea continue to develop its nuclear capabilities. Over the past several years North Korea has shown a need to develop weapons in a more aggressive and protective strategy.

The year has provided several instances for North Korea to threaten the fragile stability of the political relationship with the West. In March, the communist nation test fired a long-range ballistic missile.

Only a few months later, North Korea caused an international spur when it announced an alleged successful test of a nuclear bombing.

This threatened to break a delicate balance between North Korea and the West based on the superiority of the West in terms of weapon capabilities. North Korea even went out and publicly claimed this missile to have been as strong as the one used by the U.S. In World War II.

It was claimed that the test took place in an underground bunker.

In fact, North Korea has been very public in regards to its nuclear development and testing.

The nation has been making claims of nuclear development since as early as 2006

, but this claim is supported by external sources. U.S. satellite imagery was also said to have seen activity at the alleged site.

South Korean officials then confirmed some elements of the story with the revelation that they had recorded a tremor around the time the alleged test was to have taken place.

This sparked through the international political community and created great frustration and uneasiness as the Western world's most dangerous' enemy is continuing to perfect its weapons.

There are reports that North Korea may even have the capability to hit the West Coast of the United States.

The typical reaction in previous years was the lost hope that North Korea would eventually cease its developments, but this is clearly not going to happen.

Such a fact has troubled the international community greatly. Other reactions have included international condemnation of the tests as a blatantly executed threat.

In 2006, sanctions were placed against North Korea among other nations by the international communities to cease their nuclear development.

However, this tactic has only proven to provoke North Korean resistance to cease nuclear testing.

This leads the international community to wonder about what will happen next. How will the international world react to these blatant moves towards nuclear capabilities?

How will other nations react to North Korea's actions will determine real political action in the future. There are several major nations within the Western World and its allies which have the potential to be seriously affected by both threats and exercises of North Korean nuclear strength. U.S. friendly South Korea is in direct line for nuclear North Korean aggression.

Democratic Japan and United States are also in potential range for more developed North Korean weapons.