North Korea ready to ‘RETALIATE’: Expert warns US action could drag Japan into World War 3
NORTH KOREA launched a missile over Japan as a show of strength and to prove the hermit nation can retaliate against any aggression shown by Donald Trump and the United States, according to a security expert.
By JOE BARNES
Express.co.uk
Tue, Aug 29, 2017
North Korea sparked further World War 3 fears when Pyongyang fired a missile over Japanese territory before it crashed into the sea, early on Tuesday Korean time.
Kim Jong-un has recently conducted a flurry of missile tests after engaging in war of words with US President Donald Trump.
The despot North Korean leader threatened to hit the US territory of Guam before Mr Trump said he was “locked and loaded” waiting to launch his own retaliatory attack, as tensions between Washington and Pyongyang escalated.
Robert Kelly, an associate professor at Pusan National University, warned the latest round of tests were a signal from Pyongyang, hinting the Kim regime isn’t just content with striking the US.
Speaking to Bloomberg, he said: “I think the launch over Japan was the signal that North Korea could retaliate against Japanese civilians, as well as South Koreans and Americans.
“The news in the last couple of weeks is North Korea’s ability to strike the United States, and it’s been well known for a while that North Korea could do a great deal of damage to South Korea.
“This is North Korea’s way of saying we can also hit Japan, which hasn’t got so much press recently.
“Of course, striking Japan would be part of any retaliatory package if there was an American strike on the North Korean missile programme.
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