Despite Missile Launches, North Korea Deal Still Possible, Says Turner

Despite Missile Launches, North Korea Deal Still Possible, Says Turner
Despite Missile Launches, North Korea Deal Still Possible, Says Turner

There is “a significant opportunity for the United States to come to the table and negotiate with North Korea and at least begin the steps to take the program back,” says Ranking HASC Member Mike Turner.

First UN Mil-Mil Talks With North Korea In 11 years; What They Mean

First UN Mil-Mil Talks With North Korea In 11 years; What They Mean
First UN Mil-Mil Talks With North Korea In 11 years; What They Mean

  WASHINGTON: Most observers of President Trump’s North Korean diplomacy are understandably skeptical of whether the Hermit Kingdom is any closer to curbing expansion of its nuclear arsenal. But presumptive commander of UN Korean Forces did present evidence today to the Senate Armed Services Committee that the temperature of conflict on the Korean peninsula really…

North Korean Denuclearization Potentially Moving In ‘Positive Direction’: Gen. Hyten

North Korean Denuclearization Potentially Moving In ‘Positive Direction’: Gen. Hyten
North Korean Denuclearization Potentially Moving In ‘Positive Direction’: Gen. Hyten

“Things are moving (in) a positive direction,” Gen. Hyten said of North Korean, while Russia’s new 2-megaton underwater drone “does not change” the strategic balance.

‘North Korea Is A Cyber Super Power:’ Former ROK Commander

‘North Korea Is A Cyber Super Power:’ Former ROK Commander
‘North Korea Is A Cyber Super Power:’ Former ROK Commander

HONOLULU:  More than 3.5 million Americans and South Koreans could be casualties should North Korea attack Camp Humphrey, the huge American military base. The camp, thought to be the most likely target for a North Korean nuclear weapon should war occur, is south of the South Korean capital, Seoul, but if Kim Jong Un used…

VCJCS Selva: North Korea Hasn’t Demonstrated Key Tech To Nuke US Yet

VCJCS Selva: North Korea Hasn’t Demonstrated Key Tech To Nuke US Yet
VCJCS Selva: North Korea Hasn’t Demonstrated Key Tech To Nuke US Yet

WASHINGTON: North Korea has cut the warning time America has to a “dozen minutes or so” before an ICBM launch because of the mobile launch trucks it’s using, according to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. “We may have gone from tens of minutes to up to an hour (previously) to a dozen minutes…

How To Avoid War With North Korea

How To Avoid War With North Korea
How To Avoid War With North Korea

Donald Trump spirals downward. As long as he remains in the White House, we are called upon to do everything in our power to limit the damage he can do. Above all, there is the need to prevent a war of choice to disarm North Korea of its nuclear weapons. There are many reasons to…

Nuclear Weapons ‘Socializing’ North Korea? Time To Pressure Russia

Nuclear Weapons ‘Socializing’ North Korea? Time To Pressure Russia
Nuclear Weapons ‘Socializing’ North Korea? Time To Pressure Russia

WASHINGTON: As the Japanese reacted vigorously today to North Korea’s firing of a missile over the northern island of Hokkaido, the head of the Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College argued in an article that the possession of nuclear weapons is actually helping to restrain Kim Jong-un’ s actions. In his article, James Forsyth, dean…

Korean War 2.0? The Signs To Watch

Korean War 2.0? The Signs To Watch
Korean War 2.0? The Signs To Watch

After threatening to rain four missiles around Guam, North Korea’s pudgy leader, Kim Jong-un appeared to back off today. The (spoof) official North Korean News Agency issued a fabulous tweet describing it, declaring: “Esteemed General Kim Jong-Un reprieves US colony of Guam, citing concern for ocelots and sea turtles. Fate of Los Angeles remains unclear.”…

Kim Jong-un Has Much To Teach Pentagon About Speed: Gen. Hyten

Kim Jong-un Has Much To Teach Pentagon About Speed: Gen. Hyten
Kim Jong-un Has Much To Teach Pentagon About Speed: Gen. Hyten

HUNTSVILLE, ALA.: The morning the news broke that North Korea could tip its ICBMs with nuclear warheads, the US general in charge of strategic deterrence said we could a learn a lot from Kim Jong-un. America prides itself on innovation, but today, said Gen. John Hyten, in matters military, our adversaries are innovating faster because…

North Korea Won’t Give Nukes Up ‘At Any Price:’ Top Korea Intel Officer

North Korea Won’t Give Nukes Up ‘At Any Price:’ Top Korea Intel Officer
North Korea Won’t Give Nukes Up ‘At Any Price:’ Top Korea Intel Officer

OMAHA: The deep fissures over how to solve our knottiest national security problem, North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons, were on full display here this afternoon as the government’s top expert said Kim Jong-un “does not intend to negotiate those capabilities away at any price.” Markus Garlauskas, the North Korea officer for the Director of…

This Is Not The ICBM You Are Looking For; Detailed Analysis Of North Korean Missile

This Is Not The ICBM You Are Looking For; Detailed Analysis Of North Korean Missile
This Is Not The ICBM You Are Looking For; Detailed Analysis Of North Korean Missile

North Koreans are showmen: large 16-wheeled off-road trucks carrying missiles through the streets of Pyongyang are all about showing the ‘American Bastards’ that North Korea has credible road-mobile ICBMs. The ‘Young General,’ as Kim Jong-Un likes to style himself, has even claimed those ICBMs can threaten San Diego, Texas and Washington DC. American leaders have…

PACOM’s Harris Urges More Subs, PGMs, Ships At HASC

PACOM’s Harris Urges More Subs, PGMs, Ships At HASC
PACOM’s Harris Urges More Subs, PGMs, Ships At HASC

While North Korea threatens to shoot and sink American aircraft carriers and launch nuclear weapons, Pacific Command is running short of precision-guided munitions. And Pacific Command does not have enough surface ships, submarines and antimissile radars to keep up with current and emerging threats, its commander Adm. Harry Harris told the House Armed Services Committee…

Will THAAD Deployment Roil Or Calm Troubled Pacific?

Will THAAD Deployment Roil Or Calm Troubled Pacific?
Will THAAD Deployment Roil Or Calm Troubled Pacific?

WASHINGTON: The deployment of improved US missile defenses to Korea, THAAD, comes at a time of growing disorder across the region. There is one constant in this equation but three major unknowns. The constant is the THAAD system itself, whose capabilities — almost six times the maximum range of current Patriot missile defenses and roughly five…

THAAD Missile Defenses Deploy To South Korea: How Will North Korea, China React?

THAAD Missile Defenses Deploy To South Korea: How Will North Korea, China React?
THAAD Missile Defenses Deploy To South Korea: How Will North Korea, China React?

American THAAD missile defense vehicles landed at Osan, South Korea today after almost eight months of waiting. Now the question is how the North and China react. Increasingly threatened by North Korean missiles — most recently test-launched just yesterday — the South agreed last July to host the US Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense…