Washington Examiner: Time to shoot down a North Korean missile, former top US general says
It's clear North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is neither impressed nor deterred by recent displays of U.S. military might, so it's time to up the ante, says a retired American four-star commander.
Rather than flying American bombers over the south, or firing missiles into the sea, the U.S. should target the next intercontinental ballistic missile North Korea launches, said retired Air Force Gen. Chuck Wald.
"I would try to shoot one of their test missiles down instead of just firing missiles off the South Korean coast out there," Wald said in an interview with the Washington Examiner.
This week, the U.S. and South Korea responded to North Korea's launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile by firing a volley of short-range, precision missiles into the waters off South Korea's east coast.
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WNU Editor: For such an action to proceed .... Japan and South Korea will need to be on-board. The Japanese will probably say yes .... but South Korea does not give me the impression that they are ready to conduct such an act at this moment in time.
