Defense Tech: McMaster on North Korea: ‘There Is a Military Option’
Top White House officials on Friday said there is a military option to deal with North Korea after the regime launched a second ballistic missile over Japan in less than a month.
National Security Adviser Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley responded to North Korea’s longest-ever flight test of a ballistic missile during a briefing with reporters at the White House.
“What’s different about this approach is that we’re out of time,” McMaster said. “We’ve been kicking the can down the road and we’re out of road. … There is a military option. Now, it’s not what we prefer to do.”
McMaster didn’t specify what the military option or response could be. The risks for such action have heightened since North Korea this month claimed to have detonated a hydrogen bomb, or thermonuclear weapon, for the first time.
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Update #1: US warns of military option if North Korea nuclear and missile tests continue (The Guardian)
Update #2: McMaster: 'There Is a Military Option' on North Korea (US News and World Report)
Update #3: Latest North Korea missile test renews US talk of military option (CNN)
WNU Editor: The U.S. probably has a plan, but the perception is that they are scrambling .... US scrambles for response to North Korea's nuclear ambitions (The Hill).
3 comments:
The United States better have a military option. At presrnt, there appears to be diplomatic option to resolving this situation.
That's why if the US does decide to strike it better be a pinpoint decapitation and hope there's someone within the NK military that can seize power and come back to the table.
Correct, of course there is a military option and the u.s is anything but scrambling.
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