North Korea's boys' toys are not a threat – but our reaction to them is | Simon Jenkins

Big missiles and nuclear weapons do not topple states, conventional arms do. Their menace is political, not military

North Korea has fired a big rocket into the sky, put a satellite in orbit and then splashed the rocket into the sea. How much should I care? Not much. How much should we all care? The answer is not much.

The diet of global horror served up each day by the world's media demands we compare, reason and ration, or the collective eye will run dry of tears. North Korea's spending on ro...