Let's say a poor country invests enormous resources, develops a few products, and then seeks to sell them on the open market.

The rationale is that there is time, money and work invested, and if someone wants to purchase these items they have the right to do so.

"Capitalism", free enterprise, supply-and-demand at work.

Now, the biggest "free enterprisers" in the world complain if those products are nuclear weapons and rockets.

But, let's say, that North Korea does exactly what's been described. Let's also assume a country, such as the US, doesn't want them to have rockets and nuclear weapons.

Isn't it reasonable to compensate North Korea for giving up any chance of a return on that investment?

I mean, if they have it, and the US doesn't want them to have it, does it make sense to buy it?

Arf