Are North Korea’s neighbours worried about an attack?

With tensions rising on the Korean peninsula, the possibility of a missile or nuclear weapon landing in South Korea and Japan has now become more real.
Both the US and North Korea have been trading heated rhetoric since the US announced it would deploy a group of warships to the region.
Pyongyang has reacted furiously and threatened a pre-emptive strike.
How likely is a nuclear or missile strike?
Observers say that while North Korea is working towards achieving full nuclear missile capability, it is highly doubtful that it has a working long-range missile that could hit the US.
Several of its recent missile tests, including one earlier this month, have failed.
One view is that North Korea’s threats is just posturing and it is unlikely to follow through with an actual attack.

 

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