President Trump on Thursday may have said, "I have pretty severe things that we're thinking about" with regards to North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, but military options are probably at the bottom of the list because of the reality that any military action could trigger an all-out war with North Korea.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis emphasized to reporters Thursday that the administration is focused on diplomatic and economic sanctions efforts to deal with North Korea's ICBM launch.
Mattis also discounted the possibility that North Korea's new missile capability Brings us closer to war".
And while diplomatic efforts to rein North Korea's missile program have so far proved unsuccessful, Mattis stressed that "diplomacy has not failed. As Churchill put it, it's better to jaw-jaw than war- war.”
軍事行動の可能性は低い、と。
もっとも、ミサイルはなくても、核兵器は使えるわけですね。
また、
NORTH Korea could become a one-stop ‘supermarket’ where terror groups like ISIS can stock up on nuclear weapons and dirty bombs, experts fear.
Military insiders fear Kim- Jong-un’s rapid missile expansion plan could see nukes end up in the hands of the world’s deadliest and most desperate terrorists.
“How do we know that North Korea, under some circumstances, wouldn’t make nuclear material available to a group like ISIS for a considerable amount of currency?”
“How do we know that North Korea, under some circumstances, wouldn’t make nuclear material available to a group like ISIS for a considerable amount of currency?”
Now it’s rumoured Iranian ‘observers’ will be on hand to witness the latest demonstration of ballistic missile technology, reports CNBC.
北朝鮮が、ならず者国家や、テログループに、核兵器やら、生物化学兵器を売り渡す危険もあるのではないか、と。
経済制裁は続くでしょうから、麻薬とか、核兵器、生物科学兵器で金儲けしよう、というのは十分考えられる。
そうなると、アメリカは北朝鮮以外にもさまざな脅威にさらされるわけですね。
