Until reliable missile defenses can be mounted without wrecking arms control, Washington should continue to meet threats from North Korea and Iran the way it met missile threats from Russia during the cold war -- through America's capacity for devastating retaliation and efforts to restrain the spread of nuclear materials and missile technology.
The reality is that a growing amount of publicly available evidence shows that Kim is producing nuclear material and building missiles at the same rate he was prior to the Singapore meeting.
If Mr. Trump were to abide by his own critique of the Iran pact, any deal with North Korea should eliminate the material, warheads and missiles it already has and, just as important, its ability to produce more — forever.
"They claim to be worried about global stability, but they are not vigilant about nuclear materials and ballistic missile technology," she says, pointing out that Russia is already helping arm Iran.
Sutyagin was arrested in 1999 and convicted five years later of passing secret material on atomic submarines and missile warning systems to a British-based consultancy firm that prosecutors in Moscow said was a CIA front.
Strictly enforcing the new Security Council sanctions, including the mandate to inspect all North Korean cargo and apply serious economic pressure, can help curb criminal activity from the regime, and, most important, prevent the spread of nuclear and missile materials and technology.
"This included underground storage for ammunition and other material, the completion of hangars and missile shelters, and new radar and communications arrays," the organization wrote.
The United States Treasury prohibited Americans on Tuesday from doing business with five Iranian entities that it contended had provided support or materials to Iran's nuclear and missile programs.
Although the Yongbyon complex has been used to produce nuclear bomb fuel, North Korea is believed to have other fuel-making facilities elsewhere, as well as fissile materials, nuclear warheads and missiles that it keeps in secret locations.
