North Korea is attempting to improve its missile capabilities by repeatedly launching upgraded missiles. Japan should urgently consider possessing counterattack capabilities as a means of discouraging North Korea from attacking.
North Korea has launched missiles four times in the past two weeks. All of them were ballistic missile launches in breach of U.N. Security Council resolutions. Such moves are a threat to peace and security in the region.
The Security Council should have acted to increase pressure on North Korea, but due to opposition from China and Russia, which have veto power, it has taken no action. China and Russia bear a heavy responsibility for tolerating North Korea's outrageous behavior.
