Some speculate this is all part of a scheme to get the U.S. to sit down to talks with North Korea.

Things = getting very real. Where's Dennis Rodman when you need him?

Would Kim Jong Un dare to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike on its southern neighbor? Analysts think not, while the U.S. calls this "extreme rhetoric" all part of the DPRK's DNA.

The underground test used a smaller and lighter device but with greater explosive force, and has China, the U.S. and the U.N. condemning the act.

The rocket blasted off from the Naro Space Center at 5 p.m. local time today, carrying a satellite that will collect climate data.