Posted on 07/28/2017 6:31:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The U.S. Department of Defense says the missile, which launched just before midnight local time, traveled roughly 620 miles — from the country's northern province of Jagang to the Sea of Japan, where it finally splashed into the waters off Japan's west coast.
There have been no immediate reports of damage, and Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis says the North American Aerospace Defense Command "determined the missile launch from North Korea did not pose a threat to North America."
In response to the launch, the Pentagon announced that it had conducted a precision missile firing exercise with South Korea.
President Trump released a statement calling the launch "only the latest reckless and dangerous action by the North Korean regime."
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"It does appear that at a minimum this missile may go up to 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles), but it may go as far as 11,000 kilometers (6,800 miles)," Melissa Hanham, senior research associate with the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute, tells NPR's Robert Siegel.
"And that puts all of the West Coast and the Midwest in range at 10,000 kilometers," Hanham adds, "and at 11,000 kilometers, pretty much every U.S. state but Florida is in range."
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North Korea is "the single most dangerous threat facing the international community right now," Gen. Mark Milley, the chief of staff of the U.S. Army, told the National Press Club on Thursday. "It is clear, based on [the ICBM launch] over the July 4 weekend, that North Korea has advanced significantly and quicker than many had expected."
He added that North Korea's military threat is "the one thing I'm worried about."
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Sounds like FORCECOM and STRATCOM need to be reactivated!
I think maybe you didn’t read your own post closely.
stop getting your parties in a bind
It’s a NPR fake news story
both the RoK and Japs said it’s a ballistic missile
yawn
There's room for 2 at Casa NVA here in sunny Florida. We can put the servers in the garage although I understand the bathroom is a typical place to keep them. I'll stock some cloths so we can wipe them occasionally.
By knowing how high it will go the horizontal range can be calculated.
I don’t think this is fake news, at all.
At all.
We know where the missile was launched from, yes? So step one needs to be taking out that entire facility. Call Kim as our missiles are in the air and let him know that if there’s any retaliation or saber-rattling we’ll level all known places where he’s slept in the past decade.
This could turn several blue states into red states.
Kill Kim and the remaining survivors in the communist leadership will back down.
I don’t know,,,,,, Arm Japan and let them take care of it??????
Too good to be true.
Besides, L.A. is a much bigger target. Aim for City Hall and even if you’re off by ten miles you’d still strike somewhere in greater L.A.
That fat rat bastid had to suck Xi’s @$$ to get those missiles and launchers. If he fires them at the US he’ll be bar-be-qued and fed to his pet dogs.
Kind of makes one wonder why exactly did Bill CLinton give the Chicoms all that fancy Missile Technology considering they turned it over to the North Koreans, and with Obama giving Iran Nukes, they are also in Bed with the North Koreans.
How much longer until the SHTF??
And will ANYONE in the press remind the American People that survive exactly how they got all these goodies, OUR President’s!!!
At what point is a “test” no longer a test?
Meaning every launch should be considered an attack of the USA
Fat Boy has stated that is his objective
At what point is a “test” no longer a test?
Meaning every launch should be considered an attack of the USA
Fat Boy has stated that is his objective
At what point is a “test” no longer a test?
Meaning every launch should be considered an attack of the USA
Fat Boy has stated that is his objective
The Sword of Damacles’ value is in its hanging, not in its falling. Even if the world’s doughiest millennial doesn’t realize that pulling the trigger on a nuclear strike is the end of his regime, his generals will.
They haven't ended the first one...yet.
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