Strategic command: U.S. ‘ready for just about anything’ from North Korea

April 26, 2021

UPI.com:


The United States is prepared to handle any military threat from North Korea, the leader of the U.S. Strategic Command said, adding the country remains dedicated to fulfilling its security promises to South Korea.

“We’re very familiar with North Korea’s capabilities, and I’m very confident in our ability to deter that,” Adm. Charles Richard, commander of Stratcom, said during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday.

“We are ready for just about anything North Korea can do,” he said. “So I am fully confident that we’re prepared for whatever they might decide to do.”

Stratcom, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Neb., is responsible for maintaining the nation’s nuclear triad, which consists of strategic bombers, submarines and intercontinental ballistic missiles…



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