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April 10, 2013

North Korea Warns South of "Thermonuclear War" 
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North Korea continues to make threats of conflict with South Korea and
the United States. On Tuesday, the North Korean regime told foreigners
to flee South Korea to avoid "thermonuclear war." The regime has made
previous threats in the past even though it has no such capability.
South Korea meanwhile warned they see a new North Korean missile test as
"imminent." In Washington, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific,
Admiral Samuel Locklear, told Republican Sen. John Mc Cain the United
States is capable of intercepting any North Korean missile launch
threatening the United States or its allies.

Sen. John Mc Cain: "Do you believe that we have the ability to intercept
a missile at — if the North Koreans launch a missile, as is widely
reported they would do in coming days?"

Admiral Samuel Locklear: "I believe we have the credible ability to
defend the homeland, to defend Hawaii, defend Guam, to defend our
forward deployed forces and defend our allies."

 

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