North Korea: Close to Nuclear Club full membership

North Korea successfully launched its first three-stage rocket this week, placing a satellite into orbit, the BBC reported. The image above shows South Korean sailors recovering the first stage of the rocket. /Image via AFP 

There goes the orbital, and intercontinental ballistic, neighborhood. As soon as the North Koreans develop a nuclear missile warhead, which Pyongyang has been seeking for at least a decade, they will be capable of continental reach with atomic weapons.