Norks a Threat or Not?

US intelligence officials are downplaying the level of threat that North Korea poses. Y'know, except for those pesky nukes.

President Barack Obama’s top intelligence official said Tuesday that North Korea relies on its nuclear weapons program because of a crumbling military that cannot compete with South Korea.

Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair described in testimony before the U.S. Congress a North Korean army that struggles with aging weapons, poorly trained, out-of-shape soldiers, inflexible leaders, corruption, low morale and problems with command and control.

North Korea, Blair said, has little chance of reversing a huge gap in military capabilities with South Korea and so "relies on its nuclear program to deter external attacks on the state and to its regime."

By: Brant