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Why is The Hill even reporting on this? Why is this in any way something to be announced? This literally happens constantly. North Korea threatens to nuke the U.S. and then the U.S. says "we would obliterate you if you did that," and then a little while goes by and it repeats. For years now.
Slow office day.
They also can't reach us. They've been trying for decades to come up with something that doesn't just fizzle and plop into the Sea of Japan.
Hwasong-15 ICBM test flight proved the can hit Washington DC
Range and guidance are not the whole package. I severely doubt North Korea has the ability to defeat US missile defenses.
Is an entire country worth losing just to be able to strike one US city? They’d be glass before the missile even lands thanks to SK. Wouldn’t even get to see it go off maybe.
Nukes only make sense if you expect you have a good chance of winning with them. They only make sense for those who are dying like Putin.
More specifically
NK: Rawr we are a world power respect us
US: lol
NK: Alright well how about giving us a pizza hut gift card
US: ok lil buddy here you go now go take a nap
NK: Ok! ^_^
Repeat for like 40 years. IIRC Barack finally ended that when he got in.