The rogue regime now has the range to hit the U. S. but not the guidance technology to ensure such an attempted strike would be aimed accurately.
North Korea’s latest missile test-launch showed that the rogue regime now has the range to hit the U. S. — although Pyongyang doesn’ t yet have the guidance technology to ensure such an attempted strike would be aimed accurately, a top U. S. military officer said Tuesday.
“On range, they clearly have the capability, ” Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing when asked about whether Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missile could reach the U. S.
Selva, the second-highest ranking U. S. military officer, however, noted he was “not saying” that North Korea’s July 4 missile test “demonstrates they have the capacity to strike the U. S. with any degree of accuracy or reasonable confidence of success.”
North Korea has not demonstrated “the capacity to do the guidance and control that would be required, ” Selva said.
Selva, nevertheless, confirmed later in the hearing that the U. S. would consider a preemptive launch operation to take out Pyongyang’s own launch capability.
