The US president had vowed that “won’t happen“, but independent experts said it could reach Alaska or even further towards the continental US. It will require a reassessment of the threat posed by the nuclear-armed North, which has carried out five atomic tests and said the multi-stage rocket’s warhead could survive atmospheric re-entry to strike a target. Amid international condemnation of the test, South Korean and US military forces launched short-range ballistic missiles of their own less than 24 hours afterwards from the peninsula into the Sea of Japan. “As we, along with others, have made clear, we will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea.”But experts said that particular red line had already been crossed. “The big point is that we have to accept North Korea with a nuclear-armed ICBM.” --AFP

Source: New Strait Times July 05, 2017 04:30 UTC