Former USFK Commander Says North Korea 3-4 Years Away from ICBM Capability

Considering how vigorously the Kim regime is conducting missile testing this estimate sounds about right if conditions don’t change:

Former U.S. Forces Korea Commander Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti has expressed strong concern that North Korea could have proven intercontinental ballistic missile capability in three to four years.

“I think we need to continue in every way we can to put pressure on this country to bring them to follow the United Nations Security Council resolutions,” Scaparrotti said during the Aspen Security Forum in Washington on Thursday, according to the Defense Department news.

“I am very concerned about what he has today, but I am more concerned about what he will have in three or four years — when he has a proven intercontinental capability, when he has perhaps figured out the submarine capability and when he has built more nuclear devices,” he said, referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Scaparrotti, currently NATO’s supreme allied commander in Europe, also said that the sanctions brought against the North Korean leader were a good step and also expressed support for the planned deployment of the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea.  [Yonhap]

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