North Korea’s latest ICBM parade sparks US defense concerns
IN A MASSIVE DISPLAY OF POWER, NORTH KOREA JUST HELD ITS LARGEST EVER PARADE SHOWCASING ITS RANGE OF INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES – AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IT COULD BE ENOUGH TO OVERWHELM US DEFENSE SYSTEMS
I’M MAHMOUD BENNETT WITH STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS BRINGING YOU THE UNBIASED STRAIGHT FACTS
IMAGES AND VIDEO FROM NORTH KOREA’S STATE RUN MEDIA SHOW THE COUNTRY’S MILITARY MARKING ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY, ROLLING OUT BETWEEN 10 -12 HWASONG 17 ICBMS – THESE ARE THE COUNTRY’S NEWEST AND MOST SOPHISTICATED MISSILES ACCORDING TO THE SOUTH.
POLITICO REPORTS, ASSUMING THESE NORTH KOREAN WEAPONS CAN FIT JUST FOUR WARHEADS ATOP THEM, IT’S POSSIBLE PYONGYANG COULD FIRE MORE WARHEADS AT THE US THAN AMERICA CAN INTERCEPT
THAT’S BECAUSE THE US ONLY HAS A REPORTED 44 GROUND-BASED INTERCEPTORS ON ITS WEST COAST TO DEFEND THE HOMELAND AGAINST AN INCOMING MISSILE
THE THREAT OF A NORTH KOREAN ATTACK BECAME A REALITY LAST NOVEMBER, WHEN THE COUNTRY SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED ITS POTENTIAL TO STRIKE DEEP INTO THE US MAINLAND – AND DESPITE WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OVER THAT TEST, NORTH KOREA ENDED THE YEAR SETTING A NEW RECORD
MEANWHILE AT THE PARADE KIM JONG UN WAS PICTURED HERE WITH HIS DAUGHTER KIM JU-AE – A RARE SITE ADDING TO SPECULATION SHE MAY BE THE ONE TO CARRY ON THE KIM FAMILY DYNASTY