Posted on 11/30/2017 2:36:03 PM PST by blam
North Korea launched its most capable missile on Tuesday, displaying a range that could most likely reach the US mainland — but the country has already hinted at a more dangerous test.
In its state media, North Korea routinely swears to conduct missile tests and complete a missile program that can strike the US with nuclear weapons. But after US President Donald Trump threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea in a speech to the UN this summer, Pyongyang laid out another goal.
North Korea's foreign minister, Ri Yong Ho, said in September that the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, could respond with "the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific."
In October, CNN's Will Ripley quoted a senior North Korean official as saying the US should take the threat "literally," hinting it might follow the completion of an intercontinental ballistic missile — something North Korea declared on Wednesday.
North Korea's latest ICBM test drew condemnation from world leaders — the US's ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said it took the US and North Korea "closer to war" — but did virtually zero damage.
The missile launched, crested at 2,800 feet, and splashed down into the Sea of Japan.
If North Korea were to carry out its threat of detonating a nuclear device over the Pacific, it would affect millions of lives.
"If North Korea does do an atmospheric test, it really does change the game," Jenny Town, a managing editor at 38 North, a website for North Korea analysis, previously told Business Insider. "The amount of contamination it would cause both in the atmosphere and the ocean is something that will last for years."
North Korea essentially nuking the ocean would have far-reaching effects and draw international condemnation.
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It is 12/7/41 and not ‘42
It is 12/7/41 and not ‘42
Sorta like Japan and Fukishima...only not as bad.
“The missile launched, crested at 2,800 feet”
Is this a mistake?>>>>>>>>>>>>
Yes, it should be 2,800 miles, not feet.
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