Reuters: North Korea lacks capacity to hit U.S. with accuracy: U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea does not have the ability to strike the United States with "any degree of accuracy" and while its missiles have the range, they lack the necessary guidance capability, the vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Tuesday.
Earlier this month North Korea said it had conducted its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and that it had mastered the technology to mount a nuclear warhead on the missile.
But General Paul Selva, speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the July 4th test stopped short of showing North Korea had "the capacity to strike the United States with any degree of accuracy or reasonable confidence of success."
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WNU Editor: North Korea does not have to be accurate to strike the U.S.. Just one small 10 kiloton nuclear explosion from a North Korean missile on U.S. soil .... even if it happens in an uninhabited area .... will be such a shock to the U.S. psyche that the response and the aftermath would make 9/11 and its aftermath look like a small time event in comparison.
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