On Sunday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis argued that the United States could not wait for North Korea to complete its testing program before responding forcefully. The test scheduled for Tuesday is of the more classic antimissile defenses that the United States has struggled to make work since the Eisenhower administration. Yet it is the first since Mr. Trump took office vowing to “solve” the North Korea problem, and since he began talking about ratcheting up economic sanctions and raising military pressure on the North. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIncoming warheads move extraordinarily fast — more than four miles a second. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box.

Source: New York Times May 29, 2017 03:56 UTC