North Korean leader Fat Boy Kim Jong-un on Wednesday claimed his country's missiles can strike the U.S. in the Pacific.
| As long as the U.S. moves to within 400 km... |
"We have the sure capability to attack in an overall and practical way the Americans in the Pacific operation theatre," the official KCNA news agency quoted him as saying.
| "At least one out of six times," KCNA continued... |
Kim's boast came after North Korea finally succeeded in launching one mid-range ballistic missile, which flew a mere 400 km, nowhere near the touted range of 3,000 to 4,000 km that would put U.S. bases in Guam within reach. Five earlier tests failed disastrously.
Pudgy Kim watched the test of what North Korea now calls a Hwasong-10 missile, official media reported. Accompanying pictures showed the chubby leader hugging officials.
| After which he shot them... |
KCNA said the missile was fired at a high angle "to simulate its full range" and flew along a projected trajectory to reach a height of 1,413.6 km. It then fell into the target area in waters 400 km away.
| So the missile reached an altitude of 875 miles? The press is gullible enough to report that without questioning... |
It added the North now has the technology allowing missile warheads to re-enter the earth's atmosphere. |