Post by Logan on Jan 21, 2016 1:15:14 GMT -6
NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A former U.S. defense secretary called Kim Jong Un "dangerous" and "stupid" while warning North Korea is perilously close to obtaining submarine-launched missile technology, or SLBM.
"[They're] working on submarine-launched ballistic missiles and that capability. And, you know, they have these successive failures, but eventually they're going to get it right. And that's going to be a very dangerous situation," said Robert Gates, during a discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations Wednesday.
Gates also said Kim is not only dangerous but also stupid, adding, with "each successive generation [of Kims] we've been swimming in a shallower and shallower part of the gene pool."
The former defense secretary added Kim was behind the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan in 2010, and that he was a "leading figure" behind the bombardment of Yeonpyeong Island, although Kim, at the time, was not in power.
Continued at www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/01/20/Robert-Gates-North-Korea-close-to-acquiring-SLBM-technology/5191453345171/?spt=hs&or=tn_int .
"[They're] working on submarine-launched ballistic missiles and that capability. And, you know, they have these successive failures, but eventually they're going to get it right. And that's going to be a very dangerous situation," said Robert Gates, during a discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations Wednesday.
Gates also said Kim is not only dangerous but also stupid, adding, with "each successive generation [of Kims] we've been swimming in a shallower and shallower part of the gene pool."
The former defense secretary added Kim was behind the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan in 2010, and that he was a "leading figure" behind the bombardment of Yeonpyeong Island, although Kim, at the time, was not in power.
Continued at www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/01/20/Robert-Gates-North-Korea-close-to-acquiring-SLBM-technology/5191453345171/?spt=hs&or=tn_int .