The following article by Carol Morello was posted on the Washington Post website September 25, 2017:
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho called President Trump’s recent comments on North Korea a declaration of war and said North Korea has the right to “shoot down” U.S. bombers. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea threatened on Monday to shoot down U.S. military planes, even if they are not in the country’s airspace, arguing that President Trump’s bellicose tweets amount to a declaration of war.
The remark by Ri Yong Ho, Pyongyang’s foreign minister, represented another escalation in tensions stoked by a series of insults and threats hurled between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his regime. Even though Pyongyang’s military capability is considered far outmatched by U.S. technology and pilot training, Ri’s rhetoric raised anxieties that a simple miscalculation could spark a military confrontation and spiral out of control. Continue reading “North Korea threatens to shoot down U.S. warplanes”