North Korea- Should We Be Worried
Friday, North Korea successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missle that had the capability to reach the west coast. South Korean and Japanese officials stated that it had reached the northernmost Japanese island. President Trump urges China and surrounding countries to take action. Although it is still skeptical whether or not the missle can reach the U.S it is still a threat that should not be overlooked.
The U.S conducted a successful missle test on Saturday. U.S forces tested the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense or THAAD for short. It successfully tracked, detected, and intercepted a ballistic missle that was shot over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Alaska according to the U.S military. However, the defense is not capable of intercepting larger missles it is simply to show North Korea that we are ahead. Also, by testing the THAAD it can be enhanced to intercept larger ballistic missles.
- Links
- http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/asia/north-korea-china-sanctions/index.html
- https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/world/asia/north-korea-ballistic-missile.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics&action=click&contentCollection=politics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=25&pgtype=sectionfront&referer=https://www.nytimes.com/section/politics?nytmobile=0
- http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/07/31/north-korea-threat-japans-abe-says-and-trump-agree-to-take-further-action.html
Discussion
- Do you think President Trump will be able to deal with this threat?
- Do you think that a major conflict might arise because of this threat by North Korea?
- Are the missles truly able to reach the west coast as some U.S officials still believe that the missles are not able to reach the west coast?
While North Korea has developed the technology to create a fully operational missile, I believe that President Trump is able to deal with this provlem. While many believe that North Korea has an unpredictable temper, they still haven't been able to successfully detonate a missile about or on American soil. This proves that they still have a ways to go before they are prepared for war. Also with modern technology, we can surely defend against incoming missiles from any where. As written in this article, the U.S. military has been able to successfully intercept a North Korean missile. From here, advancement and improvements can definitely be made to take down more advance projectiles.
ReplyDeleteLike Adrian said, though North Korea has come up with some pretty impressive missiles, they still haven't gotten one to land on US soil. Therefore, Trump will be able to handle this situation because all North Korea is doing is sending empty threats that don't mean anything. This in turn would mean that no big problems will arise from this because there is nothing proven that North Korea could even reach us with one of their missiles. In the NY Times article, it was said that it woukd take at least a year to get the missiles to even reach the US land, therefore during this time Trump needs to work hard and find a way to intercept the missiles and figure out what will be able to stop them or come up with a peace treaty or allie with North Korea to prevent any future attacks on US citizens.
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