Reuters: U.S. and North Korea trade warnings on nuclear strikesGENEVA (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday that North Korea may be only months away from being able to strike the U.S. mainland with a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile, while Pyongyang said Washington was considering a pre-emptive strike against it.
The clash came at the United Nations-sponsored Conference on Disarmament days after the Trump administration said it will expand its nuclear capability.
U.S. disarmament ambassador Robert Wood, addressing the Geneva forum, also warned that arsenals in China and Russia were expanding, drawing rebukes from their respective delegations.
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Update: North Korea Says U.S. Considering Limited Pre-Emptive Strike (US News and World Report/Reuters)
WNU Editor: Here are two countries that appear to be happy seeing the U.S. occupied with this issue .... China, Russia delight as North Korea preoccupies US (Thomas Henriksen, The Hill)
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