Just timing?

Item:

Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday said it has approved the sale of either the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 stealth fighter or Boeing Co's F-15 Silent Eagle fighter to South Korea, which is expected to announce the winner of a 60-jet competition later this year.

Reuters story.

Actually, the competition to pick a new fighter - the Eurofighter is in the mix as well - has been ongoing, but this does almost seem like a reaction to North Korea's idiocy. Sixty Stealth Eagles could pretty much eliminate the North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile programs on their first sortie . . .