North Korea announced this week that it would be exploring space for peaceful purposes by launching a satellite atop a rocket. That rocket, of course, could also be used to carry a nuclear warhead, and this is most likely a rocket test/provocation under the guise of advancing the world's (or North Korea's) scientific knowledge. The claim that North Korea needs a functioning satellite is ludicrous and we should remain dubious that a working satellite is even sitting atop the rocket.
North Korea's need of a satellite is as asinine as a country in the stone-age needing, or being capable of maintaining a supercomputer. This is where the humor ends. North Korea's population (the large majority that doesn't work for the government anyway) is nearly as impoverished as any on earth. The money and resources necessary to launch a long-range missile, much less a satellite, could feed millions or provide them with the most basic of services for weeks or months. Not only does this launch impoverish the North Korean people but the six nations willing to provide food and other aid will likely walk away from negotiations and resource provision. With the death of the most recent "Dear Leader" comes more of the same misery and nonsense with the next.
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