North Korea Tests Missile by Matthew Homsher 9th

Summary: On February 7, 2016 at 7:30 ET, North Korea launched a ballistic missile, provoking the United States, Japan, and the United Nations. Pyongyang claims the rocket contained a satellite, but since the projectile uses ballistic missile technology, that claim has been widely ignored. This is crucial since North Korea is prohibited from launching ballistic missiles by UN sanctions imposed after their last nuclear test. The U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, immediately got on the phone with the Foreign Ministers of Japan and South Korea to “reaffirm for both foreign ministers the U.S. ironclad commitment to the security and defense of Japan, the Republic of Korea, and our other allies.” The launch also triggered an emergency UN Security Council meeting, while South Korea conspires with the U.S. to employ a THAAD missile defense system. The missile was tracked by both South Korea and the United States to have gone over the Yellow Sea. However, South Korean President Park Geun-hye worries that the missile poses “a real threat to the international community.

Synopsis: North Korea needs to get its act together, or it could be the first country the UN collectively declares war on. United Nations sanctions are serious. It was UN sanctions against chemical weapons that drew us into conflict in Syria and created the threat that is currently ISIS. North Korea, although considered a country by the United Nations, is a similar threat, but much more serious, with much bigger guns. The technology they used is similar to that of ICBMs (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles). These missiles can be used to launch strikes on nations across the world, and it is a well-known fact that Kim Jong Un intends to use force against America as soon as he gets the opportunity.  That is why this threat has been dealt with using the utmost caution and haste. North Korea is now armed and dangerous.

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