The Air Force’s New Report On Ballistic And Cruise Missiles Misses Its Target
According to a U.S. think tank, the Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat report is both inconsistent and contradictory.
According to a U.S. think tank, the Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat report is both inconsistent and contradictory.
North Korea says that it has conducted a “strategic” test, likely of a large rocket motor, at a site it had previously partially dismantled as a good will gesture as part of negotiations with the United States over its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs. Tensions have been steadily rising in recent months with the regime in Pyongyang recently threatening to send the U.S. government a provocative “Christmas gift,” almost certainly a reference to the potential of a new test of a long-range ballistic missile or even a nuclear weapon.
The North Koreans reportedly hope to scare the United States into backing down from possible plans for a preventive strike.
Residents of the Pacific Ocean state might be just the first to start regularly hearing the loud alerts again.
The missile appears as impressive as it is terrifying.