With Fire and Fury
by Rice on Septembre 5, 2017 - 11:14pm
CHOE SANG-HUN and DAVID E. SANGERAUG, on August 28th , 2017, wrote about the missile North Korea sent over Japan. As they explain, earlier this morning, North Korea sent their most provocative missile yet. It is thought North Korea has done this in response to the joint military drills the United States and South Korea have been doing. Furthermore, they point out an even scarier reality with this third missile test that has been done over Japan. The previous two were said to be carrying satellites into orbit. However, this time the North Korean government has released no statement at all. The authors also explain two major objectives that were realised from this test flight. The first being the terrorising aspect by reaffirming to its neighbors that a “Rogue nation” has nuclear capabilities. Furthermore, the trajectory of the missile was such that it could have easily hit most of the United States allies in Asia. Second of all, the missile was sent from a base in an outlying sector of North Korea, demonstrating to the United States, as Sang-hun and Sangeraug explain, that any threats the US may have manifested about a preemptive strike towards North Korea are all but futile (since there are more nuclear launch sites in many diverse regions of the country).
Nytimes
By CHOE SANG-HUN and DAVID E. SANGERAUG. 28, 2017