‘A gift for American b******s!’ Defiant Kim Jong-Un taunts US after his first successful test of ICBM capable of hitting Alaska – as America and South Korea respond with their own ballistic missile drill
United States and South Korea have conducted a joint ballistic missile drill
Afterwards, America’s top general issued an ominous warning to North Korea
‘Self-restraint, which is a choice, is all that separates armistice and war,’ General Vincent Brooks said in a joint statement released after the ballistic missile drill
Brooks added it would be a ‘grave mistake’ to think America cannot choose war
Seoul also described drill as ‘a strong warning against North Korean provocation’
Practice was a response to North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile launch
The ‘landmark’ test of a Hwasong-14 missile was overseen by leader Kim Jong-Un
It was fired from a site in the North Phyongan province into the Sea of Japan
It is believed to have reached an altitude of 1741 miles and flew 580 miles
Pyongyang claims its rocket can carry ‘large-sized and heavy nuclear warheads’
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US will host an emergency meeting Wednesday with the United Nations Security Council
By Liam Quinn and Regina F. Graham
DailyMail.com
5 July 2017
A top military official has warned ‘self-restraint’ is all that is stopping the US from going to war with North Korea, after a defiant Kim Jong-Un seemingly taunted ‘American ba****ds’ in the wake of a successful intercontinental ballistic missile test.
The North Korean leader made the haughty statement, in which he said ‘the American ba****ds would not very happy with this gift sent on the July 4 anniversary’, after the ICBM was launched Tuesday, the Korean Central News Agency reported.
Pyongyang claims its newly developed rocket can carry ‘large-sized and heavy nuclear warheads’.
But the US quickly responded along with South Korea by conducting a joint ballistic missile drill.
Speaking out against Pyongyang on Wednesday, the top American general in South Korea issued an ominous warning of his own to Kim and company north of the border.
‘Self-restraint, which is a choice, is all that separates armistice and war,’ General Vincent Brooks said in a joint statement.
He continued: ‘As this missile live-fire exercise shows, we are able to change our choice when so ordered by our alliance’s national leaders.
It would be a grave mistake for anyone to believe anything to the contrary.’
South Korea also spoke about the response, saying it was ‘intended as a strong warning against North Korean provocation.’
‘Eighth US Army and Republic of Korea (ROK) military personnel conducted a combined event exercising assets countering North Korea’s destabilizing and unlawful actions on July 4,’ a statement from US and South Koran officials reads.
‘This exercise utilized the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and the Republic of Korea Hyunmoo Missile II, which fired missiles into territorial waters of South Korea along the East Coast.
‘The system can be rapidly deployed and engaged. The deep strike precision capability enables the ROK-US Alliance to engage the full array of time critical targets under all weather conditions.’
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