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Latest: North Korea Launches ICBM That Could Reach Denver or Chicago, Warns of Strike ‘Without Warning’

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North Korea on Friday tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that experts say likely could have reached Denver or Chicago if the rogue nation had fired it in that direction

The missile flew for 45 minutes and reached an altitude of 2,300 miles before crashing into the Sea of Japan. But if its trajectory had been toward the U.S. – and not straight up — it likely would have had enough fuel to reach cities throughout the nation, experts say.

38North, a project of The US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, posted an assessment noting that “if flown on a flatter trajectory, this missile could reach as far as 9,000 to 10,000 km.” That’s 5,600 to 6,200 miles. Denver is roughly 6,000 miles from North Korea, Chicago 6,341.

Friday’s launch was apparently timed to coincide with the 74th anniversary of the end of the Korean War in 1953, The Washington Post reported.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is attempting to develop a missile with multiple nuclear warheads.

The Hwasong-14 missile tested on Friday is theoretically capable of reaching targets in the Rocky Mountain West or the Midwest. That would include not only Denver and Chicago but also Colorado Springs, Kansas City, St. Louis, Minneapolis and Milwaukee – as well as cities such as Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

“My guess is that they want to show more range,” Jeffrey Lewis of the Center for Nonproliferation (CNS) studies said. “We basically dared them to do this. We said, ‘It’s not really an ICBM until it can hit Alaska, and they’re, like, ‘OK.’”

Analysts at the CNS believe the Hwasong-14 might be capable of reaching targets on the East Coast, including New York and Washington, if and when it is perfected. Lewis believes the North Koreans are trying to show the Pentagon that they can build a workable ICBM.

It was the second time in a month that North Korea has tested a Hwasong-14. There was another test on the Fourth of July.

This week, North Korea’s defense minister warned the U.S.

“If enemies misunderstand our strategic status and stick to options of staging a preemptive nuclear attack against us, we will launch a nuclear attack on America’s heart as the most relentless punishment without warning or prior notice,” he said.

What do you think America should do? Should the Trump administration launch a pre-emptive strike? Share your thoughts in the section below:


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    • desertspeaks

      hey stupid, do you enjoy REGURGITATING FACTLESS FEAR PORN?? YOU HAVE NO PERSONAL FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT A DAMN THING BUT YOU’LL REPEAT THE STORY AS THOUGH IT’S UNIMPEACHABLE!

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      • Anonymous

        What she said!!! :eek: :shock: :cool:

    • unidentified

      if that happens we will retaliate :mad:

    • Boo

      Looks like an excellent excuse for the US to start getting in some target practice. Lock and load time?

    • Rockledge

      Like I keep saying, which should be blatantly obvious to any reasonably intelligent human, if there was any REAL threat to the united states of anarchica , our borders would be slammed shut tighter than a nuns twat
      and anyone in this country without permission would be aggressively hunted down and prosecuted before being sent packing.

      Nobody is a threat to us. Other than our politicians, who are the worlds poster children of bullshit artists.

      N. Korea appears to be to simply be trying to defend itself from imperialism. It looks to me like they are responding to harassment by thrusting their chest out.

      They have not demanded to inspect OUR nukes and other WMD. They don’t try to dictate behavior or policy to us. They seem to be minding their own business.

      It is the united states who appears to be the instigator of world turmoil, not N. Korea.

    • The Watcher

      CHICAGO WOULD BE OKAY!

    • Sucking Chest Wound

      Someone needs to produce a anti missile missile that will match the speed and direction of an incoming icbm, clamp on with Ramset anchors and turn the missile around employing its own motors and steer it back home. Peace in our time.

      • Rockledge

        Very insightful and clever.
        When the Asians invent such a device lets hope like hell we know about it.
        If we didn’t, the risk of our military decimating itself would be considerable.

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