Japan PM issues sarin warning over North Korea
Source: The Telegraph
Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, warned on Thursday that North Korea may already have the capability to launch missiles equipped with sarin nerve agent toward Japan.
Mr Abe was speaking amid rising concern that Pyongyang was poised to throw down the gauntlet to Donald Trump with a nuclear test.
International tensions have been mounting after analysts said the rogue regime was preparing a nuclear test site ahead of a key anniversary on Saturday occasions when North Korea has been known to test its military hardware.
Meanwhile, a US navy strike group continued to steam to North Korean waters, a show of force by Donald Trump after he vowed that Washington would act alone to confront the reclusive state over its military buildup.
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yuiyoshida
(41,818 posts)needed now. And you know we will be the collateral damage.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)For Abe to suddenly step up and mention sarin gas, of all things, seems more than suspicious to me.
yodermon
(6,143 posts)maybe on purpose, so that the world will think he really *is* crazy enough to engage in M.A.D. behavior.
IOW the MAD deterrent/philosophy doesn't work if one party is not a rational actor.
Crazy like a fox that one.