North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un looks on during the test-fire of inter-continental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, July, 4 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS
Reuters: Any new Korean war could quickly escalate to catastrophe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any new military conflict with North Korea would likely escalate quickly to the use of nuclear weapons, bringing catastrophic casualties not seen since World War Two and an untold economic impact worldwide, former U.S. defense officials and experts say.
While the United States has maintained an uneasy calm with North Korea for more than six decades and spikes in tensions are not new, recent supercharged rhetoric between the unpredictable U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have heightened the risk of miscalculation that could make that nightmare a reality, they say.
On Thursday, North Korea upped the ante by saying it would complete plans by mid-August to fire four intermediate-range missiles over Japan to land near the U.S. Pacific island territory of Guam, after Trump said that any threats by Pyongyang would be "met with fire and fury like the world has never seen."
The exchange followed a United Nations resolution tightening sanctions on North Korea after it tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads to the United States.
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WNU Editor: Everything is now on a hair-trigger alert .... and we are definitely experiencing a very dangerous level of tensions right now. And while I am not worried that the U.S. and South Korea are going to start a war, I am concerned on what North Korea will be doing next. North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un has boxed himself in .... he cannot show weakness or lose face .... and he will have to respond. It is how he will respond that is raising concerns. North Korea has said that in the days/weeks to come they will be launching missiles at Guam, and that they will land 20km - 30km the island. If this test proceeds (even with all of these warnings from the U.S. to not do this test) ..... and something goes wrong where just one missile hits Guam .... that will change everything. This is an attack against the U.S. .... and all bets after that are off. US Secretary of Defense Mattis has warned repeatedly that any war on the Korean peninsula will be a disaster .... and that it should be avoided at all costs. He is right .... unfortunately .... war does not listen to anyone .... and sometimes it just happens.
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