As dangerous as Syria’s chemical-weapons stockpile is, it pales in comparison with another risk that became evident in late February, when Syrian rebels overran a Scud-missile base in Al-Kibar, in the country’s remote northeastern desert. Beneath the installation lay the buried remnants of the North Korean-engineered nuclear reactor that Israel’s air force had destroyed on September 6, 2007.
叙利亚化学武库固然危险，但和去年2月以来逐步明显的另一大风险相比只算小巫见大巫。叙利亚叛军在叙利亚东北部偏远沙漠地带的艾奇巴（Al-Kibar）发现了一个飞毛腿导弹基地。在发射架之下埋着朝鲜制造、2007年9月26日被以色列空军摧毁的核反应堆的残留。