Chicago Tribune (August 9)
“Many Americans had reassured themselves that North Korea was still years away from threatening the U.S. mainland with a nuclear missile. That illusion ended Tuesday.” U.S. intelligence reports appear to indicate that “North Korea now has produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside intercontinental ballistic missiles” and has an estimated arsenal including as many as 60 nuclear weapons. North Korea is now clearly a “threat to the U.S., to the world.”
Tags: Arsenal, ICBMs, Intelligence, Mainland, North Korea, Nuclear missile, Threat, U.S., Warhead
New York Times (March 6)
“China’s decision to join the United States in proposing tougher sanctions on North Korea is a welcome step,” but unlikely to prove decisive. Other measure should simultaneously be taken. “China and the United States should be working covertly to disrupt the North’s nuclear program, as the Americans and Israelis did with Iran’s…. Dealing with North Korea has never been easy, but neglect certainly will not help contain its nuclear and missile capabilities.”
Tags: China, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Nuclear missile, U.S.
