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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>Read more history books.
I’ve read tons. Never seen one where MacArthur was planning to advance into China before the Chinese attacked us.
Again you’re confusing actions that MacArthur wanted to take after the Chinese sent 300,000 troops into North Korea and attacked US troops. They committed an act of war and MacArthur was responding in the appropriate manner.
Um yes. And just wow. I caught this posted on twitter after just 8 minutes from posting and at least 10 different news agencies.
Turned on the tv where I was and nothing for many hours on any cable news channel. How does that happen? Not even a scrolling line below.
Truman was a traitor. MacArthur knew this which is why he kept his attack plans secret.
Bingo.
Throw a baseball straight up in the air. Now throw it for distance. The higher you can throw it in the first instance means that you can throw it much, much further in the second.
Essentially, the Norks are shooting almost straight up. It’s a relatively simple calculation to figure out how much velocity & total thrust they are generating.
And while these tests do not carry a warhead they are almost certainly carrying a dummy payload matching the design weight of their projected (or current) warhead design. That is what the underground tests are moving toward.
the sky is falling
LOL
Too bad Jim, John and FR HQ are so close to San Freaksicko...
Risk vs. reward is the consideration. A miss in that case is not an acceptable risk. Eff the snowflakes!
He forgot one of the main military maxims: It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. Do the right thing, then deal with the consequences.
>He forgot one of the main military maxims: It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. Do the right thing, then deal with the consequences.
Mac didn’t control the airforce. Truman refused to blow the bridges for several days after the Chinese were attacking US troops as well. Given that Truman lost China by stabbing them in the back, and tried to give northern japan to Russia, I don’t think that was an accident on his part.
He wants the Pacific fleet in San Diego. After that DC and then New York City.
“Again you’re confusing actions that MacArthur wanted to take after the Chinese sent 300,000 troops into North Korea and attacked US troops. They committed an act of war and MacArthur was responding in the appropriate manner.”
I’m not confusing actions. Nevertheless, Mac wanted to expand the war by crossing into China which would have opened a whole new set of dynamics including a mobilization on par with WWII which would have included calling up tens of thousands of WWII vets. Five years after WWII, vets were busy with building careers, families, homes, raising kids and were in no mood to fight another war. Btw, Mac did propose crossing the Yalu to destroy supply depots prior to the Chinese invasion but the JCS would not approve it. So, there you have it.
>Btw, Mac did propose crossing the Yalu to destroy supply depots prior to the Chinese invasion but the JCS would not approve it. So, there you have it.
Prove it.
The only reference I found to MacArthur urging attacks on Chinese positions was bombing the bridges between North Korea and China before they could bring in supplies and their army. Truman refused him.
Puts my kids and one grandson at risk. Older son works in NYC; younger son, wife and newest grandbaby live and work in DC (within the crater resulting when the Iranian nuke in the basement of that big mosque near them blows).
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