After reading the Novosti story "N.Korea prepares ballistic test,boosts military on west coast," I became very alarmed.  Let all nations work together to counter this dangerous North Korean threat.  America has been most lax in this regard: they have wasted much time.  The Americans could have supplied the South Koreans, Taiwan and Japan with their own ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads; also, America could have had Patriot ABM batteries installed to help neutralize any threat posed by these unstable and crazy North Korean leaders.  Japan is guilty, too: despite the fact that they've got enough material to build thousands of nuclear warheads right now, they've done little.  Japan also has the rocket technology and enough fighter-bombers to deliver those warheads anywhere on the globe.  So, don't just blame North Korea, China or Russia; there is plenty of blame elsewhere for letting the defenses slip into weakness and unpreparedness.