ABC News Online: North Korea: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says threat posed by Kim Jong-un accelerating
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says North Korea is posing an increasing threat to Seoul and the world through its "illegal and unnecessary" missile program.
Speaking in Seoul with South Korean Defence Minister Song Young-moo, General Mattis said the US's military and diplomatic cooperation with the South had taken on a new urgency.
"North Korea has accelerated the threat that it poses to its neighbours and the world through its illegal and unnecessary missile and nuclear weapons programs," he said.
"I cannot imagine a condition under which the United States would accept North Korea as a nuclear power."
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WNU Editor: Upon reflection .... I cannot help but feel that the North Korean nuclear and missile program has been on steroids for the past few years. It appears that it was then (i.e. 3 or 4 years ago) that a breakthrough was made on miniaturizing a nuclear warhead on a missile .... and they have been focused on building a delivery system ever since.
More News On US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis' Remarks That The North Korea Nuclear Threat Accelerating
Mattis: threat of North Korea nuclear attack 'is accelerating' -- The Guardian/AP
Mattis: North Korea nuclear threat accelerating -- BBC
Mattis Warns North Korea About Aggressive Nuclear Program -- Voice of America
North Korea Faces 'Overwhelming' Military Response From Trump, Mattis Warns In Seoul -- Newsweek
'Massive military response' if N Korea fires nukes: US -- Aljazeera
