‘The North Korean crisis is the worst I’ve ever seen’: Pacific’s top Navy officer says America must assume Kim Jong Un WILL nuke America if given the chance
Harry B Harris Jr, Commander of US Pacific Command made remarks Thursday
Harris has been serving since 1978, and believes DPRK is serious about nukes
The US, South Korea and Australia are all potential targets for missiles he said
He emphasized de-escalation and working to get Kim Jong Un to step down
But he said that he had enough manpower that he could go to war tonight
In the next few days the US’s anti-ballistic-missile systems will cover South Korea
Harris made the remarks to the Senate Armed Services Committee
By JAMES WILKINSON
DAILYMAIL.COM
27 April 2017
The Navy’s top officer in the Pacific has warned that the North Korea crisis is real – and the US must assume Kim Jong Un intends to launch nuclear attacks on America and its allies.
Admiral Harry B Harris Jr, Commander of US Pacific Command, said on Thursday that the crisis in the Korean Peninsula is the worst he’d since he began serving in 1978.
‘There is some doubt within the intelligence community whether Kim Jong Un has that capability today or whether he will soon, but I have to assume he has it, the capability is real, and that he’s moving towards it,’ Harris said, according to Fox News.
Harris was speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee when he made the remarks.
He recognized that there were multiple possible threats in the Pacific theater – including the possibility of ISIS being pushed into the area from the Middle East.
But he said that North Korea remained the most urgent threat, as it is ‘vigorously’ pursuing the capacity to bomb the US, South Korea and Australia.
‘Kim Jong Un is making progress and all nations need to take this seriously because their missiles point in all directions,’ said Harris, who has overseen operations in the Pacific since 2013.
‘If left unchecked, they will match the capability of his hostile rhetoric.’
Harris refused to compare the growing tensions to the Cuban Missile Crisis, but said he had ‘no doubt’ that North Korea would, if attack its enemies if allowed to.
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