On The Third Hand

Nth Korea warns Australia of nuclear strike

The executive director of the Centre for Korean-American Peace, Kim Myong-Chol, says if US ships interdict North Korean vessels, North Korea will retaliate with a nuclear missile attack on major cities such as New York and Washington.
Mr Myong-Chol has told the ABC’s Lateline program that if Australia is part of the interdiction, it could also be attacked.
“If Australia becomes part of American manipulation against North Korea, North Korea reserves the right to strike back on Australia - that is official North Korean position,” he said.
He added: “North Korea can reach Australian mainland anytime. Unfortunately, Australia has no capacity to reach North Korea.”

Seems, sir, you don’t quite realize what would happen if NK attacked Australia (even without attacking the US). Australia might not be able to reach North Korea but the US certainly can. And, I further assure you, we would.

(By the way, isn’t it interesting that no one ever mentions our submarines?)