U.S. Admiral: North Korea Is Asia’s Biggest Security Threat

North Korea Is Asia’s Biggest Security Threat, U.S. Admiral Says -- Bloomberg

The reclusive North Korean regime of Kim Jong Un is the biggest threat to security in Asia, the nominee to become the next commander of U.S. Pacific Command told members of Congress.

“Our most volatile and dangerous threat is North Korea, with its quest for nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them intercontinentally,” Admiral Harry Harris said yesterday during his nomination hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

As head of Pacific Command, Harris would be responsible for the U.S.’s armed forces, including the air force, army and navy, in the region. He’d also lead the military aspects of President Barack Obama’s “rebalance” toward Asia, which calls for 60 percent of U.S. military assets to be located in the region by 2020.

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