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North Korea displays enough ICBMs to overwhelm U.S. defense system against them

1 month ago   |   By Politico

North Korea has just revealed a large enough number of missiles to conceivably overwhelm the United States' defense against them, blowing a hole in decades of denuclearization and homeland security policies. Mages from state-run media show North Korea's military rolling 10 to 12 Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missiles down the streets of Pyongyang during a Wednesday night parade. The U.S. only has 44 ground-based interceptors to launch from Alaska and California to destroy an oncoming ICBM in flight. Assuming North Korea's weapons can fit four warheads atop them, it's possible...
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