So says our editorial on North Korea.

In part:

[t]his is another North Korean gambit in coercive diplomacy in which the message is most important. With the test, the North Koreans want to tell us, “We can threaten you.” We should try to say back, through a defense, “No, you can’t.”

And, elsewhere on the homepage, Newt Gingrich weighs in with a hawkish case for preemption:

In the immediate and present danger, the United States should not wait to attempt to shoot the missile down after it is launched. There is no proven reliable technology and no evidence that we could succeed. Instead, we should destroy the missile on its site before it is launched. Our ability to preempt the launch is nearly certain.

More here.