Talking for peace

WHY NORTH KOREA HAS NO CHANCE AGAINST U.S ? BY RUSSIAN COLONEL-GENERAL

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• published: 15 Oct 2017
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INTRODUCTION: Leonid Ivashov, a retired COLONEL-GENERAL and political analyst, urged the two sides, US & North Korea to reach a diplomatic solution to the tensions, which have been ramped up in recent days by both the president and the dictator. Mr Ivashov, in an interview with Russia Today, said Pyongyang’s threats of bombing the US territory of Guam was “a bluff”, and that the US could easily blast any North Korean missiles out of the sky even if it did attack. And he called for both Russia and China to intervene now and impose further sanctions on North Korea, in a bid to take the conflict “out of the military perspective”. Discussing the prospect of war between North Korea and the US, Mr Ivashov said: “It’s a total mismatch. “The US is a superpower, while North Korea is a small regional player. North Korea can’t compete with America on any level.” The US’ superior technology meant it could locate all of Kim’s weapons factories and missile sites, Mr Ivashov said, and “eliminate everything that North Korea created in terms of medium-range and long-range missiles and nuclear production”. Neither would North Korea’s anti-missile defenses be any match for the American B-1 bombers, he added. The former military leader, who today is head of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, admitted North Korea might be able to inflict “some damage” on the US, but this would pale in comparison to the havoc wreaked by America’s military might. On North Korean threats towards Guam, Mr Ivashov said: “To some extent, it’s a bluff on the part of North Korea; an attempt to save fa...