And while we are mired in Iraq...
N. Korea could hit entire U.S.
GEORGE GEDDA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS How far is it?
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has received information that North Korea is developing a long-range ballistic missile designed to reach targets throughout the United States, two government officials said Thursday.
The officials said the potential reach of the missile is 9,400 miles, a distance within the range of any U.S. state or territory.
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For comparison, Iraq's missiles could barely reach twenty miles and they had virtually no existing nuclear weapons program. Yet we chose to go to war against Iraq, while we agreed to talk with North Korea. The mind boggles.