Also, as part of any plan to prevent aggressive action by the DPRK, it is necessary to go beyond the capabilities of conventional military deterrence and deploy a missile defense shield.

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While the traditional consensus is that the DPRK receives a large portion of its funds from China, the extent to which the United Statesand other democracies aided the continuation of the DPRK cannot go unnoticed.

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