(New York Post) John Bolton - Recent Chinese estimates that North Korea might already possess 20 nuclear warheads, and could double that in 2016 should have shattered our complacency about Pyongyang's proliferation threat. North Korea's sizeable nuclear arsenal imperils East Asia, but also the U.S. Its ballistic-missile program is rapidly nearing the capability of reaching our West Coast. And North Korea's deep poverty gives it every incentive to sell virtually any weapons or technology to anyone with hard currency, including terrorists or other rogue states. Numerous reports have emerged of Iranian and North Korean scientists exchanging visits and potentially valuable information. What if Pyongyang is already hosting a deeply buried, extensive Iranian-enrichment program? What if some of the estimated 20 warheads are actually Iran's property, having been manufactured and now stored far from Tehran to avoid detection? No Iran deal is acceptable until the North Korean connection is fully exposed and understood. The writer is a former U.S. ambassador to the UN.
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