Pentagon Says United States Is Ahead of North Korean Nuclear Threat Through 2020

The United States contends its missile defense technology puts it roughly three years ahead of the ever-increasing nuclear threat North Korea poses.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target with a “kill vehicle” it launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The successful U.S. test followed a series of missile tests led by Kim Jong Un from Pyongyang in recent months, which has forced the Trump administration to step up its efforts to reduce the threat.

Read the full piece in the Independent Journal Review.