Posted by woow
Posted on August 17, 2017
This photo, taken from North Korean Central Television on July 4, 2017, shows a Hwasong-
14 intercontinental ballistic missile test.
Credit: Yonhap News/Newscom/Zuma
North Korea's latest missile test has brought simmering tensions between the notoriously reclusive country and the United States to a head. But are fears of nuclear war premature? Are North Korean rockets capable of reaching American shores?
It's possible, according to John Schilling, an American aerospace engineer and North Korea analyst.
Schilling, whose experience includes developing rockets for the U.S. Air Force, said the latest North Korean missile is the first with sufficient range and payload capacity to deliver a single nuclear warhead into United States territory. [North Korea: A Hermit Country from Above (Photos)]