King Jong-un Celebrates Trump Inauguration By Firing Nuclear Missiles

Kim Jong-un has ordered two surprise nuclear missile launches, in a move by North Korea to celebrate Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday. Military officials confirm that two intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) will figuratively “nuke” Trump’s inauguration, sending a “strategic message” to the incoming president. News.com.au reports: In a statement, South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff said the reports could not be confirmed but said the military was monitoring the situation closely. However, according to news reports in South Korea two missiles have already been placed on mobile launchers. The devices “are estimated to not exceed 15m in length, making them shorter than the North’s existing ICBMs.” An ICBM test in the coming days is “highly plausible,” Andrei Lankov, a professor at Seoul’s Kookmin University, told CNN. “Judging by earlier behaviour they usually like to greet a newly elected American president with some kind of nice surprise like a nuclear (test) or missile launch,” he said. “Because President-elect Trump tweeted that ‘it won’t happen,’ such a launch could be seen as a serious humiliation for (the US).” The news comes as satellite imagery shows increased activity at a major North Korean nuclear site, according to a new report. Any potential ICBM test, [...]

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