It’s far too early to sigh in relief as North Korea agrees to end its nuclear ambitions–they’ve broken their promises before. But today’s news is more hopeful than it’s been in years.

Pyongyang has pledged to “drop all nuclear weapons and current nuclear programs and to get back to the (Nuclear) Nonproliferation Treaty as soon as possible and to accept inspections.” (via BREITBART.com)

Other than the U.S. affirming that we will not use conventional or nuclear weapons to strike first against North Korea, Pyongyang has received no concessions. Their demand for a light-water nuclear reactor was denied.

According to BBC News, the current situation leaves the Koreans with fewer than five bombs. “Experts believe that North Korea may have extracted sufficient plutonium for a small number of bombs. US officials have put the number at “one or two".

“About 8,000 spent fuel rods that were put into storage in 1994 could also be used to extract enough weapons-grade plutonium for a handful more weapons, the US believes.”