&gt;As for the &quot;it&#x27;s an ICBM test!&quot; crowd - bollocks. That&#x27;s like saying the Boeing 747 was a test to see if manned flight is possible - total overengineering.<p>Not true.  The North Koreans aren&#x27;t at the point yet where they can miniaturize nuclear bombs, so if they&#x27;re going to make a system that can deliver nuclear warheads, it&#x27;s going to need to be something like this.