US Defense Secretary: Military Response to North Korea Would Be 'Tragic'

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said North Koreans probably learned a lot from their latest rocket launch, adding that attempts to resolve the North Korea missile crisis through military force would be “tragic.” Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon on Friday, Mattis declined to say whether the missile North Korea launched earlier this week had a controlled re-entry into the atmosphere. Pyongyang claimed on Monday that the missile reached an altitude of about 2,000 kilometers...

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