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Invisible Christians of North Korea
Sept., 2017 - Amazingly, from the late 19th century until 1942, North Korea’s capital--Pyongyang--was known as the “Jerusalem of the East.”
The once-thriving Christian community was victimized after WW2 when the communist regime of Kim Il-sung attempted to stamp out Christianity and all other religions.
Operation World says that although no one really knows their true number, there could be as many as 350,000 underground Christians
living in the slave state... up to 100,000 ... are locked up in harsh prisons or work camps.
- Source: CNS News
As North Korea threatens electromagnetic pulse attack, questions over lapses in US grid security rise
Sept. 25, 2017 - For some 15 years U.S. officials have been raising the alarm about what could happen if a rogue nation
like North Korea would detonate a nuclear bomb at high altitude over the United States. It is generally agreed that such an attack,
known as an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, would seriously damage the nation's power grids. Unfortunately, according to U.S.
experts:
While there are players purporting to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure... the reality is that no one
really knows what will happen and what can be done.
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Millions of American lives could be at stake as North Korea threatens to attack power grid - Fox
Iran tests missile despite Trump pressure
Sept. 23, 2017 -
Iran says it has successfully tested a new-medium range missile, in defiance of US President Donald Trump.
The launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which has a range of 2,000 km (1,242 miles), was shown on state TV.
- Source: BBC
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Tremor of 3.4 Detected Near NKorea Nuclear Test Site - Fox
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Hawaii reportedly prepares for nuclear attack amid North Korea rhetoric - Fox
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What if worst comes to worst with North Korea? China ‘must be ready’ for war on the peninsula - South China Morning Post
Trump responds after North Korea threatens hydrogen bomb test
Sept. 22, 2017 - Following President Trump's UN speech against North Korean nuclear weapons developments,
Kim Jong Un said that he is convinced that "the path I chose is correct and that it is the one I have to follow to the last."
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho [said] "This could probably mean the strongest hydrogen bomb test over the Pacific Ocean."
In response, President Trump tweeted that Kim would be "tested like never before."
- Source: Fox
Transcript of President Trump's speech at the United Nations General Assembly today:
Sept. 19, 2017 -
The United States will forever be a great friend to the world, and especially to its allies. But we can no longer be taken advantage of, or enter into a one-sided
deal where the United States gets nothing in return.
- Source: The White House
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In U.N. speech, Trump to call for international cooperation on North Korea - USA Today
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Erick Erickson: The Best Speech by President Trump So Far - Fox
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Trump to U.N.: North Korea's 'Rocket Man' Kim Jong Un On A Suicide Mission - NPR
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Trump hints at possible withdrawal from Iran nuke deal - NY Post
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Conservatives Welcome Trump's 'Blunt' Speech to the UN - NewsMax
North Korea fires 2nd missile over Japan in a month, sparking US condemnation
Sept. 15, 2017 - Following latest sanctions ordered byi the United Nations against North Korea, the Pyongyang military launched another
missile -- the second one to pass over Japan.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis called the missile a reckless act by the North Koreans, adding that the missile "was fired
over Japan and put millions of Japanese in duck and cover."
- Source: Fox
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U.S. Calls On China, Russia To Act Against North Korea After Missile Test - Radio Free Europe
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Tillerson: China and Russia need to take 'direct action' on North Korea - USA Today
North Korea slapped with UN sanctions after nuclear test
Sept. 11, 2017 - New sanctions were adopted by the UN Security Council against North Korea.
The measures restrict oil imports and ban textile exports. The latter is aimed at starving the North of income for its weapons programs ...
The sanctions... were met with anger by North Korea
- Source: BBC
Report: Trump to Call for UN Naval Blockade of NKorea
Sept. 10, 2017 -
The United States' effort to further isolate North Korea with tough measures including an oil embargo will also
call for a partial naval blockade .. a block on textile exports and the hiring of North Korean labor by foreign countries.
- Source: NewsMax
Trump Orders Military to Shoot Down North Korean Missiles
Sept. 9, 2017 -
President Donald Trump has given military orders for U.S. forces to shoot down and destroy any missile launched from North Korea
and moving toward the continental United States, Hawaii, and Guam.
- Source: NewsMax
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North Korea Openly Threatens Electromagnetic Pulse Attack for First Time - Breitbart
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What in the world is going on? Catastrophic hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, terrorism, nuclear threats. Is God trying to tell us something? Yes. - Joel Rosenberg
Nikki Haley to UN: North Korea's Kim Jong Un 'Begging for War'
Dec. 4, 2017 - The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting today to consider nuclear threats by North Korea.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said North Korea's Kim Jong Un was "begging for war" and urged the
15-member U.N. Security Council to impose the "strongest possible" sanctions to deter him.
- Source: NewsMax
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S.Korea, US to deploy more anti-missile defences - Space Daily
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North Korea tests its most powerful nuclear bomb yet - North Korea may already have the capability today to detonate a
nuclear bomb in the upper atmosphere, generating an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that could virtually destroy
the US.'s electrical grid and communications systems. - FrontPage Magazine
- Retired Navy SEAL breaks down threat of EMP attack on US - Fox Video
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North Korea’s nuclear test site at risk of imploding, Chinese scientist says - South China Morning Post
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North Korea nuclear crisis: Putin calls sanctions useless - BBC
UN Security Council calls emergency meeting after North Korea claims successful hydrogen bomb test
Sept. 4, 2017 - Following the news that North Korea claims to have successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb,
the United Nations Security Council will conduct an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis.
“We along w/Japan, France, the UK and S.Korea have called for an emergency Security Council meeting on N.Korea in the open
tomorrow at 10am,” U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley tweeted.
- Source: Fox
Nations React With Alarm Over North Korea's Hydrogen Bomb Test
Sep. 3, 2017 -
North Korea's state-run DPRK-TV confirmed that the country carried out its sixth and most powerful
nuclear test by detonating a Hydrogen bomb Sunday, prompting strong condemnations from other countries across the world.
- Source: International Business Times
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Trump calls North Korea 'dangerous' and 'great threat' after overnight nuclear test - Fox
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- US News and World Report
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Putin warns North Korea situation on verge of 'large-scale conflict' - Reuters
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North Korea claims it can load hydrogen bomb onto missile
Sept. 2, 2017 -
North Korea's state-run media claimed that the country has developed the ability to load a hydrogen bomb onto a new
intercontinental ballistic missile, although some outside experts already cast doubts on the claim.
- Source: CBS
Putin warns North Korea situation on verge of 'large-scale conflict'
Sept. 1, 2017 - Vladimir Putin, preparing to attend a summit of the BRICS nations in China next week, wrote this about the problem with North Korea:
“Provocations, pressure, and bellicose and offensive rhetoric is the road to nowhere...
The situation on the Korean Peninsula had deteriorated so much that it was now 'balanced on the verge of a large-scale conflict.'”
- Source: Reuters
US shoots down ballistic missile in test amid recent North Korean provocations
he U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced Wednesday that it successfully shot down a medium-range ballistic missile off the coast of Hawaii...
The USS John Paul Jones, a guided-missile destroyer successfully launched an SM-6 interceptor missile to shoot down the target.
- Source: Fox
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Russia Fears US More Likely to Use Nukes Due to New Precision - NewsMax
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US Tested 2nd Nuclear Bomb in August - NewsMax
North Korean missile flies over Japan, escalating tensions and prompting an angry response from Tokyo
Aug. 28,, 2017 - fter North Korea launched a ballistic missile over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido,
the Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe said, “Launching a missile and flying it over our country was a reckless act, and it represents a serious threat
without precedent to Japan.”
- Source: Washington Post
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Japan's Shinzo Abe consults with Trump after North Korea missile launch - Washington Examiner
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South Korea reacts to North Korea's missile by testing plan to bomp Kim Jong Un - Newsweek
North Korean ruler stands down on threat to Guam
Aug. 15, 2017 -
North Korea’s autocratic ruler has decided not to launch missiles toward Guam, Pyongyang’s state media reported Tuesday,
easing the immediate threat of an attack on the U.S. territory in the western Pacific.
- Source: LA Times
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North Korea: America is preparing military options in case sanctions fail, says most senior US general - Independent - UK
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NKorea Warns of 'Merciless Strike' Ahead of US-SKorea Drills - NewsMax
Congressional Expert: North Korea Satellites Orbiting U.S. Could Be Used for ‘Surprise’ EMP Attack
Aug. 13, 2017 - Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, executive director of the Congressional Task Force on National and Homeland
Security and chief of staff of the Congressional EMP Commission, warned:
We are ignoring two North Korean satellites currently orbiting the U.S. that could be used to carry out a devastating electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack.
Such a “surprise” attack could paralyze the U.S. electrical grid and critical civilian infrastructure.
- Source: Breitbart
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What gov't and media won't tell you 1 nuke can do - Chuck Norris - WND
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North Korea: No imminent threat of nuclear war, says CIA chief - BBC
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China says it will stop importing North Korean coal, iron ore, fish and other goods under U.N. sanctions - L A Times
North Korea threat: Pentagon says ready to 'fight tonight,' as Trump shows bomber pics
Aug. 11, 2017 - President Trump warned that USAF B-1B Lancer bombers on Guam are prepared to respond to North Korea's threats
if necessary. He tweeted:
“Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will
find another path!” Trump tweeted early Friday morning.
- Source: Fox
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In phone call, Trump and Xi discuss a nuke-less Korean Peninsula - Fox
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NKorea Warns of 'Tragic Doom' if Trump Doesn't 'Talk and Act Properly' - NewsMax
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Xi urges restraint on Korean nuclear issue in phone talk with Trump - Xinhuanet.com
Trump Stiffens Resolve Against North Korea
Aug. 10, 2017 - Tensions continued to increase today in the war of words between President Trump and the North Koreans.
North Korea said it was finalizing a plan to launch a salvo of four ballistic missiles to the waters off the shores of the U.S.
territory of Guam. It was Pyongyang's latest provocation in the war of words.
President Trump responded that North Korea had "better get their act together" or they will experiene greater trouble than most nations ever have.
- Source: Voice of America
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Kim Jong-un just wants to stay in power, like any normal dictator - and that is an argument against nuclear war - South China Morning Post
- North Korea's nuclear threat isn't really Trump's fault:
How Bush Clinton and Obama contributed to conflict - Newsweek
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Defense Secretary Mattis: War with North Korea would be 'catastrophic' - Fox
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Kim Jong Un’s North Korea: Bringing the world to the brink - Fox
- Humanity and North Korea - Hal Lindsey
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Tillerson, Mattis back up Trump’s stark warning to North Korea - Washington Times
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Chinese paper says China should stay neutral if North Korea attacks first - Reuters
- US diplomacy on N Korea 'gaining results' - BBC
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Thousands of North Koreans Escape Using Underground Christian Network Spanning Across China - Legal Insurrection
Gingrich: North Korea is a 'genuine threat' to the world
Aug. 9, 2017 - This transcript of the Sean Hannity News records opinions on the threat by North Korea from a variety of
experts, including John Bolton, Newt Gingrich, and Oliver North. One of Gingrich's suggestions was
"And finally, I think we have to have a launch -- a very rapid preemptive strike capability that the North Koreans
knows if we think they're going to scare us, we will take them out before they have a chance to attack."
- Source: Fox
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Threat of Mutually Assured Destruction May Not Work With North Korea - Oliver North - Fox
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Ingraham: 'The Only Country That Can Change North Korea's Behavior Is China' - Laura Ingraham - Fox
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NKorea Will Develop Guam Strike Plan by Mid-August - NewsMax
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Trump's 'fire and fury' rhetoric baffles and outrages foreign policy establishment and its toadies - American Thinker
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North Korea Outlines Plan to Launch Missiles Toward Guam - Time
- Update 8/10/17:
Japan ready to protect Guam, defense minister says -Fox
Trump Warns of 'Fire and Fury' for North Korea if Threats Don't Stop
Aug. 8, 2017 -
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a stark warning to North Korea, saying if Pyongyang continued its threats
against the United States, "they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen."
- Source: Voice of America
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US intelligence: North Korea can now fit nuclear warheads on missiles and may have 60 bombs - Business Insider
North Korea must halt missile tests for talks with US to occur, Tillerson says
Aug. 7, 2017 - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that North Korea must stop its testing of missiles before the U.S. would
be willing to have talks with them about lifting sanctions.
The Secretary of State also praised the most recent sanctions imposed on North Korea ...saying that in leaves no doubt in
anyone’s mind whether there is a common view on the matter among the international community.
- Source: Fox
- North Korea vows to retaliate against US over sanctions - BBC
UN Security Council votes unanimously to impose new sanctions on North Korea after missile tests
Aug. 6, 2017 - After North Korea conducted two long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test last month, the
The UN Security Council voted UNANIMOUSLY (including China and Russia) to impose new sanctions on North Korea. The sanctions include the
ban on some $1 billion in exports.
The new resolution bans North Korean exports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood. It also prohibits countries
from increasing the current numbers of North Korean labourers working abroad, [snd] new joint ventures with North Korea,
- Source: Independent- UK
- North Korea: China urges neighbour to stop missile tests - BBC
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North Korea must not provoke international community, China says - The Guardian - UK
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Tillerson hails N. Korea sanctions, won't meet North Korean counterpart - CBS
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Asia-Pacific regional disputes impede united stand on North Korea - Fox
North Korea's 'No. 2' official on 10-day visit to Iran that may signal wider military ties
Aug. 5, 2017 - Kim Yong Nam, chairman of the Supreme Assembly of North Korea is in Iran to acknoledge the inauguration
ceremony for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
But given the head of North Korea's parliament is expected to stay for 10 days in Iran, the trip is being seen as a
front for other purposes, including expanding military cooperation.
- Source: CNBC
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North Korea could soon develop a hydrogen bomb more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan - Fox
US, allies prepared to use 'overwhelming force' in North Korea, general says
July 30, 2017 - Following North Korea's latest missile launch, the U.S., South Korea, and Japan conducted 10 hours of
bomber-jet drills over the Korean Peninsula. Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, U.S. Pacific Air Forces commander, said,
"The U.S. and its allies are prepared to use 'rapid, lethal and overwhelming force,' if necessary, against North Korea."
- Source: Fox News
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Trump Rips China for Doing 'Nothing' With NKorea After New Missile Test - NewsMax
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US Conducts 'Successful' Test of THAAD Defense System in Reply to NKorea - NewsMax
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North Korea threat: Japan's Abe says he and Trump agree to take further action - He also called on China and Russia to do more to stop Pyongyang. - Fox
- What's Next? - Hal Lindsey
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U.S. Test-Launches ICBM as Tensions Rise With North Korea - NBC
North Korea may have just shown a capability to strike the continental US
July 29, 2017 - After North Korea's latest test of a long-range missile, South Korea conducted a large-scale exercise as a warning to the North.
They launched a barrage of large missiles into the waters off the South Korean coastline.
The test came just hours after North Korea’s test of an ICBM which analysts said for the first time displayed the capability to exceed 10,000 km in range, a distance
capable of potentially threatening New York or San Diego.
- Source: Military Times
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Russia, China are North Korea's 'enablers,' Tillerson says - Fox
- Early Observations of North Korea’s Latest Missile Tests - 38North
China reportedly preps for crisis along border with North Korea
Feb 25, 2017 - Chinese military and government websites are reporting that China has built bunkers near their border with North Korea
to protect against nuclear blasts, and have sent more troops to the area. The defensive activity coincides with President Trump's statement
that North Korea's nuclear weapons program is causing him to consider military action. The Washington Post reports:
The preparations are intended to respond to worst-case scenarios, like an economic collapse, nuclear contamination or a conflict.
- Source: Fox
68 percent of voters are concerned about war with North Korea
July 21, 2017 -
A majority of American voters thinks military force will be required to stop North Korea from continuing work on nuclear weapons --
and half favor the U.S. using such force.
- Source: Fox
Diplomats: US Drafts New Sanctions Resolution Against NKorea
July 12, 2017 -
Because of North Korea's first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, a draft resolution has been created by the U.S.
It proposes new sanctions on the rogue state.
The proposed resolution has been circulated to North Korea's closest ally and main trading partner, China, as well as
the three other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Russia, Britain and France.
- Source: NewsMax
Trump to China's Xi: 'Something Has to be Done' With NKorea
July 9, 2017 - North Korea's launch of an ICBM has called for for action. President Trump and President Xi Jinping met Saturday in Hamburg, Germany.
Trump says he told the Chinese president "I appreciate the things that you have done...[but] something has to be done" about North Korea.
- Source: NewsMax
North Korea successfully test-launched ICBM, US officials confirm
July 4, 2017 - North Korea has successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile that could strike Alaska or
other targets as far as 4000 miles away. A joint statement by the foreign ministries of Russia and China proposed that ...
...North Korea declare a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests and the United States and South Korea refrain from large-scale military exercises.
- Source: Fox
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North Korean Leader Openly Boasts of Successful ICBM Test - Voice of America
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NKorea ICBM test marked escalation of threat: top US diplomat -DEBKAfile
- North Korea ICBM launch: US and S Korea respond with drill - BBC
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Trump Moving Toward Hard Line With China on North Korea Crisis - NewsMax
- North Korea missile: US says it will use military force 'if we must' - BBC
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After missile test, North Korea vows more 'gift packages' for 'Yankees' - USA Today
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Lt. Gen. McInerney: U.S. must be prepared to use nukes against North Korea - WMD
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Report: US Missile Shield Not Ready for NKorea Nuke Attack - NewsMax
Why North Korea Gets Away With Torture
Jun. 20, 2017 - Otto Warmbier, a 22 year-old young man, who made the fatal mistake of taking a 4-day trip to
North Korea, and was unjustly imprisoned, and evidently mistreated by the Stalinist regime, died just a few days after being
released. It is a reminder that hundreds of thousands of Koreans have been subjected to similar criminal abuse.
In 2014, a U.N. commission reported that "systematic,
widespread and gross human rights violations have been and are being committed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Source: Fred Hiatt - Hartford Courant
US conducts successful missile intercept test, Pentagon says
May 30, 2017 - While North Korea continues to test threatening missiles, the U.S. military sucessfully tested an anti-missile missle.
In a statement, the agency said an unarmed rocket launched from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean was "destroyed" by a ground-based
interceptor launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California as it traveled outside Earth's atmosphere.
- Source: Fox
North Korea: US bomber flight pushes two countries on brink of nuclear war
May 2, 2017 - North Korea complains about the flight of two U.S. supersonic B-1B Lancer bombers in the area.
"The reckless military provocation is pushing the situation on the Korean peninsula closer to the brink of nuclear war,"
the North's official KCNA news agency said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
- Source: Fox
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Here's the Missile Sub That Would Kick in North Korea's Door - Popular Mechanics
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Seoul: THAAD can defend against North Korean missiles - Washington Pos
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