The Outstanding Leader is unwell ..

The BBC website reports:

"The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been killed in Malaysia, South Korean and Malaysian sources say.

Kim Jong-nam, 45, is said to have been targeted at the airport in Kuala Lumpur, the capital. A source close to the Malaysian PM's office told the BBC that Mr Kim was killed in the city, saying his body was now undergoing an autopsy. Kim Jong-nam is the eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il."

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The US President Mr Trump says 'something will be done' about North Korea's somewhat provocative ballistic missile tests. Perhaps one imagines a pre-emptive strike on military facilities?

Easily done, but it's hard not to see the Chinese reacting badly.

Something a little more subtle is needed. Some virus, engineered to attach to cells expressing a certain genotype. Thanks to CRISPR, that kind of virus-editing seems quite practicable. A weaponised flu variant should do it.

How to get a copy of the Dear Leader's genome? You can go a long way with a half brother.

The other half of the mission is transportation. The US authorities should not be relying on a pandemic. A long range stealth-drone delivering a miniature RPV close to the OL should do it: something disposable and wasp-like.

Send a swarm: only way to be sure.

What are the chances the CIA has this mission design in front of the President as we speak?

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Greg Cochran was writing about jihadis, but the principle seems to apply.