US planning 'different response' rather than shooting down North Korea missiles

The US has seen no need to shoot down North Korean missiles test-fired in Japan's direction, but a future missile launch that threatens American or Japanese territory will "elicit a different response from us", defence secretary Jim Mattis has said.

US planning 'different response' rather than shooting down North Korea missiles

The US has seen no need to shoot down North Korean missiles test-fired in Japan's direction, but a future missile launch that threatens American or Japanese territory will "elicit a different response from us", defence secretary Jim Mattis has said.

He also said, without elaborating, that the Trump administration had military options against North Korea that would not put Seoul at risk.

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