“The probability of a nuclear exchange between North Korea and other nations, including the U.S., inched upwards this week as Pyongyang put out a statement that “The moment of explosion is approaching fast,” and that U.S. aggression would be “smashed by… cutting-edge smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear strike means.”
The remarks raising tensions on the Korean peninsula came shortly after the Pentagon announced that it would mobilise the ground-based THAAD missile-interceptor batteries to protect its military bases on Guam, a U.S. territory located 3,380 km southeast of North Korea and “home to 6,000 American military personnel, submarines and bombers.”
On Wednesday, North Korea added that a war could break out “today or tomorrow.””
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The remarks raising tensions on the Korean peninsula came shortly after the Pentagon announced that it would mobilise the ground-based THAAD missile-interceptor batteries to protect its military bases on Guam, a U.S. territory located 3,380 km southeast of North Korea and “home to 6,000 American military personnel, submarines and bombers.”
On Wednesday, North Korea added that a war could break out “today or tomorrow.””
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U.S. moves interceptor to Guam - The Hindu
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Who leads with nuclear warfare? Especially when you’ve got maybe a couple of warheads and the people you’re attacking have tens of thousands. It just doesn’t seem like a winning strategy to me.