By Andrew O’Neil, Professor of Political Science
As chaos reigns in the Trump White House with the resignation of President Trump’s Chief of Staff, North Korea has for the second time within a month tested a missile that can strike US territory.
Professor Andrew O’Neil
While the July 4 test demonstrated a missile capable of hitting Alaska, reliable reports indicate yesterday’s test affirmed a strike radius that can hit the west coast of the United States.
The significance of this can’t be underestimated.
This latest ICBM test places increasingly intense pressure on the US to carry out decisive action to degrade or destroy Pyongyang’s weapons of mass destruction.
Senior American military officials, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joe Dunford, have been candid in recent weeks about the potential inevitability of military action against North Korea.
If North Korea follows up the latest missile tests with a nuclear test – which is entirely plausible given
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