The US still cannot effectively counter North Korea's nuclear and missile programs,

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To sabotage NK missile tests, Obama reportedly ordered Pentagon officials to step up their cyber and electronic strikes against the country's missile program in 2014.


USA still can't counter North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, the New York Times reported following a months-long investigation, based on interviews with officials in the Obama and Donald Trump administrations as well as 'a review of extensive but obscure public records'.



North Korea's threats remain so dangerous that when Obama left office he warned Trump that this would likely be the most urgent problem he'd face, the Times said.

 

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In search of a new way to destroy missiles, the Obama administration started to look into a strategy known as the 'left of launch'.



The strategy is to attack by electronic embedment or through the electronic radar signatures of the threat's command and control systems and the targeting systems of the threatening ballistic missiles, according to the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance.

 

[TomGshotput]

USA still can't counter North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, the New York Times reported following a months-long investigation, based on interviews with officials in the Obama and Donald Trump administrations as well as 'a review of extensive but obscure public records'.

An important rule to remember is that if the New York Times prints something, the exact opposite must be true. This means Trump has effectively countered North Korea's weapons programs.

 

[mplastered]

I can't believe this is a issue. Take this fucker out. What is the big deal?

 

[Seymour]

At some point in time I think we've got to strike North Korea but it would need to be a regime change with the South taking over - then it get's complicated - we could destroy their weapons sites within 3 days I would imagine

 

[carlspackler]

At some point in time I think we've got to strike North Korea but it would need to be a regime change with the South taking over - then it get's complicated - we could destroy their weapons sites within 3 days I would imagine

The reason N.Korea exists is because the Chinese wanted a buffer state between them and the Western powers. We were on the verge of winning the conflict before the Chinese sent in their army to push us back. Thus the Chinese will never allow the South to unify the peninsula. It's called a quagmire.

 

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[h=1]North Korea is training for an attack on US bases in Japan: Pentagon's dire warning as it deploys missile defense systems to South Korea and Trump warns Kim Jong Un of 'dire consequences'[/h]

• North Korea said Tuesday its missile launches were training for a strike on US bases in Japan
• Three of four missiles shot landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone
• The US has also begun deploying a missile defense system in South Korea to protect against North Korea
• China said such US interference poses a 'clear, present and substantive threat to China's security interests'
• The UN Security Council will have an emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss these developments
• Donald Trump and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe say NK threat has 'entered a new stage'

 

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Three of the four missiles fired Monday, pictured, came down provocatively close to US ally Japan, in waters that are part of its exclusive economic zone, representing a challenge to US President Donald Trump

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Kim Jong-Un, pictured, gave the order for the drill to start, North Korea's official Korea Central News Agency reported. 'Feasting his eyes on the trails of ballistic rockets', he praised the Hwasong artillery unit that carried it out, the government news agency said

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The news agency commented said the missiles are 'tasked to strike the bases of the US imperialist aggressor forces in Japan in contingency.' Pictured: The four missiles

'The four ballistic rockets launched simultaneously are so accurate that they look like acrobatic flying corps in formation, he said,' the agency added, referring to Kim. Photographs published by Rodong Sinmun newspaper showed Kim watching the missiles rise into the air

 

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The Defense Ministry said the missiles flew about 539 nautical miles after being launched from Tongchang-ri (Sohae Satellite Launching Station). Three missiles fell within Japan's exclusive economic zone (pictured light blue), 188 miles to 215 miles west of the Oga Peninsula

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The attack by North Korea comes as global condemnation of the regime swelled. Pictured: A US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft landing at Osan Air Base near Seoul, South Korea, on March 6

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On Monday, the US military began deploying an anti-ballistic missile defense system, 'Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense' (THAAD), to South Korea following the attacks. The parts are arriving at Osan US Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul

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US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned that the threat from North Korea had 'entered a new stage.' Pictured: Abe and Trump at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on February 11

 

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Washington and Seoul have agreed to deploy a US missile defense system called THAAD to South Korea, which has infuriated China, the North's key diplomatic ally and crucial to efforts to persuade it to change its way. Pictured: A South Korea news broadcast of the missile test

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A television displays news broadcast's infographics reporting on North Korea test-firing ballistic missiles, at a station in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday

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UN Security Council scheduled emergency meeting for Wednesday after a request by US and Japan to discuss additional measures following the launch. Under UN resolutions, North Korea is barred from any use of ballistic missile technology. Pictured: NK leader Kim Jong-Un

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Six sets of UN sanctions since its first nuclear test in 2006 have failed to halt North Korea's drive for what it insists are defensive weapons. Pictured center: Kim Jong-Un

 

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THADD, or Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, systems are in place in Hawaii and Guam to defense against North Korea but this is the first time the US has deployed one in South Korea. Pictured: Military trucks as a US army unit in Dongducheon, South Korea

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Trump has described North Korea as a 'big, big problem' and vowed to deal with the issue 'very strongly.' Pictured: Elements of the THAAD anti-ballistic missile defense system being deployed to Osan US Air Base in South Korea

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Parts of the THAAD system arrived in South Korea by Monday, despite Beijing's proclamation that the US defense system is 'a clear, present and substantive threat to China's security interests.' Pictured: A South Korea sentry post at the Demilitarized Zone separating the Koreas

 

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Military personnel walk past Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force missile interceptor unit, which was deployed to counter North Korea's launch of ballistic missiles

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South Korea officials said Monday that four missiles were fired from Tongchang County in North Pyongan province, travelling about 620 miles. Pictured: South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo

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Kim Jong-Un ordered his military 'to keep highly alert as required by the grim situation in which an actual war may break out anytime.' Pictured: Kim Jong-Un guiding the test-fire of a missile in an undated photo

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Pictured is a satellite image take in 2013 of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province

 

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[h=2]North Korea is 'training for an attack on US bases in Japan': Kim Jong Un is pictured applauding missile launch as Trump warns him of 'dire consequences' and sends anti-missile system to the South[/h]

Nuclear-armed North Korea said Tuesday its missile launches were training for a strike on US bases in Japan. Three of the four missiles fired Monday came down close to US ally Japan, in waters that are part of its exclusive economic zone. South Korea news sources showed North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-Un, smiling and clapping in response to the missile test. US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned that the threat from North Korea had 'entered a new stage.'