Rocket Man: A Sino-North Korean strategic mishap?
(11/16/17 5:00am)
By most accounts, North Korea is very close to marrying a functioning and minimized nuclear warhead onto a functioning long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). This would imply the capacity to strike the East Coast of the U.S. We already know that the North Koreans are capable of striking Seoul and Tokyo with Hwasong-6 and Extended Range Scud missiles, respectively. North Korea is also in possession of an operational Taepodong-2 ICBM that is capable of reaching the continental U.S.