Traditional presidential trip to tense demilitarised zone between North and South Korea is off the schedule during 12-day tour of AsiaDonald Trump will not visit the heavily armed border dividing the Korean peninsula during his tour of Asia next week – breaking with an American presidential tradition intended to demonstrate Washington’s commitment to its South Korean allies by standing on the North Korean frontier. Quick Guide Are US defences strong enough to ward off North Korean missiles? Is the US system robust enough to stop a North Korean missile attack? The Pentagon offer repeated assurances that air defence systems would be more than a match for any North Korean attack. But when missile defence systems have been put to the test over the last few decades, the performance has been far from reassuring.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2017 03:22 UTC