The North Korean Missile Threat

The Briefing Room

• Episode: The North Korean Missile Threat
• Website: The Briefing Room
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• Duration: 00:28:15
• Published: 2017-08-31 21:30

Do the United States and its allies really have the technology to stop incoming missiles from North Korea? In the week North Korea tested another ballistic missile - this time it flew over northern Japan - David Aaronovich asks what threat does North Korea's missile programme pose? And beyond North Korea, what are the capabilities of ICBMs? And how effective are missile defence systems? Contributors: Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at Kings College London Joseph Cirincione author of Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late Dr Patricia Lewis, a former UN official who specialised in non-proliferation Dr Laura Grego from the Union of Concerned Scientists.