Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) are driven past the stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other high ranking officials during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country's founding father Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Alan Yuhas, The Guardian: North Korea nuclear threat: should California start panicking?
As rhetoric between North Korea and the US ratchets up, should major cities on the west coast be worried about a missile strike? Experts say the answer is tricky.
In test blasts, military parades and propaganda videos that show San Francisco and Washington DC in ruins, North Korea has broadcast its intention to be a world nuclear power. Less clear, experts say, is how close the secretive nation is to realizing its ambitions to threaten the mainland of the United States.
As rhetoric between the two nations has ratcheted up in recent weeks, residents of major West Coast cities such as San Francisco, Portland and Seattle have begun to ask out loud: should they be worried?
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WNU Editor: My brother lives south of San Francisco (San Mateo). Since he is visiting us right now (my mom is turns 91 this Thursday) I asked him if he is worried that the Bay area may be targeted by North Korea. His answer .... nope.
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WNU,
He'd better worry, as the above photo shows NK is parading their whitewall tired launchers.
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