North Korea can now hit CHICAGO and other American cities claim experts - as US and South Korea hold joint exercise in response to Kim's second ICBM launch
http://i. dailymail. uk/i/pix/2017/07/28/23/42AD6DA900000578-4741100-A_new_Defense_Intelligence_Agency_DIA_report_says_North_Korea_co-a-2_1501282296779. jpg. North Korea now has the capability to hit Los Angeles and other major American cities with ballistic missiles, experts claim.
Kim Jong Un launched a missile that came threateningly close to Japan on Friday night, which has prompted the countrys prime minster to admonish North Korea.
Experts now say its improved weapons have potential to reach the West Coast - and possibly as far as Chicago. Pyongyangs continuing development of nuclear weapons is a growing cause of concern for leaders in the United States, South Korea and Japan.
In a show of force against the dictator and his military, the United States and South Korea held a joint missile exercise in response.
North Koreas late-night launch added to exasperation in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo over Pyongyangs capability to make and deliver nuclear weapons and ICBMs.
David Wright, a physicist and co-director of the global security program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said if reports of the missiles maximum altitude and flight time are correct, it would have a theoretical range of at least 6,500 miles.
That means it could have reached Los Angeles and other major West Coast cities. The nightmare scenario for the Pentagon is a missile capability that puts the East Coast - Washington DC and New York City - within range.
Some experts fear that North Korea may be even able to do that, reported Vox. The missile North Korea launched on Friday flew longer and higher than its first ICBM which launched earlier this month, officials said.
http://i. dailymail. uk/i/pix/2017/07/29/00/42C7D1E200000578-4741100-image-a-10_1501283585517. jpg. The missile was launched on very high trajectory, which limited the distance it traveled, and landed west of Japans island of Hokkaido.
North Korean President Kim Jong Uns military had already raised alarms at the first launch on July 4.
As a result of their launches of ICBM-level missiles, this clearly shows the threat to our nations safety is severe and real, said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who planned to call a meeting of his National Security Council.
North Koreas missile launch on Friday landed in Japans territorial waters, the countrys government has confirmed. The missile launch came just after Japan had announced it would increase its sanctions on North Korea.
The Japanese government has established an emergency participation team with members of relevant ministries and agencies. The intercontinental ballistic missile landed in the Sea of Japan in the Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone.
Following a meeting of South Koreas National Security Council, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he wanted the U.N. Security Council to discuss new and stronger sanctions against the North, the presidential Blue House said.
military official, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford, and Admiral Harry Harris, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, spoke by phone with the top South Korean military official, General Lee Sun-jin, to discuss military response options to the launch.
Later the United States and South Korea took part in a ballistic missile exercise.
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