The Times and Democrat:
The North Korean Dearest Leader — or whatever they’re calling the new one — can’t lob a nuke onto the U.S. mainland.
Yet….
But he can probably hit Alaska. Or will be able to, soon enough.
The North Korean people may be starving, but Kim Jong Un’s regime is pouring resources toward the development of long-range Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) with a range sufficient to strike the U.S. mainland as well as Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBMs) that could strike regional allies such as Japan and the U.S. base on Okinawa…
Some experts — including Riki Ellison, founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance outside Washington — believe the North Korean regime already has operational missiles capable of striking the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
The apparently successful test on July 4 by the North Koreans of an ICBM confirms this fear…
