[Glyn]

“As Long as no other nation is harmed?” Harm doesn’t have to come in the form of big smoking hole in the ground. Nations that feel that North Korea is on track to become more threatening in the future will now have to spend more resources in countering the future threat.

As for leverage in future negotiations, they promised in past negotiation not to test fire any long range missiles. It’s difficult to trust future negotiations if they break their promises.