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In what scenario is North Korea a threat to the US? Their ICBMs can't reach the US, and their military is similarly unequipped to be mobile.
by therealx 10y ago
In what scenario is North Korea a threat to the US? Their ICBMs can't reach the US, and their military is similarly unequipped to be mobile.
- exclusiv 10y agoDepends who you ask. They either already have the capability now or will in the near future. Hawaii is much closer anyway. Remember what happened when Hawaii was last attacked? We've already deployed radar out of Hawaii earlier this year so we believe it's a threat [1]. "North Korea is now in possession of a nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the US mainland, according to a senior US military official." [2] "Despite Pyongyang's apparent progress on a warhead, it doesn't have good enough missile and rocket technology to deliver a nuke -- at least not yet, says Bruce Bennett, a senior defense analyst at the Rand Corporation think tank." [3] [1] http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/politics/north-korea-icbm-us-radar-detection/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/politics/north-korea-icbm-us-r... [2] https://sputniknews.com/asia/201612111048412314-north-korea-icbm-us-mainland/ https://sputniknews.com/asia/201612111048412314-north-korea-... [3] http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/01/asia/north-korea-kim-jong-un-speech/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/01/asia/north-korea-kim-jong-un-s...