The Marmot’s Hole

In case anyone cares, the North Koreans may be set to deploy new intermediate range ballistic missiles (maybe these?) that could hit U.S. targets in Alaska, Guam and Okinawa:

“Reports indicate North Korea is also preparing to field a new intermediate range ballistic missile which could easily reach United States facilities in Okinawa, Guam, and possibly Alaska,” Gen. B.B. Bell, commander of the U.S. Forces Korea, told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
In a prepared statement, the leader of more than 30,000 U.S. troops in South Korea included the missiles among North Korean threats such as a huge conventional army, 100,000 special forces and 250 long-range artillery systems that have Seoul, the South’s capital, within range.
Despite economic troubles that crimped its budget, “North Korea, through its ‘Military First’ policy, has continued significant investment in asymmetric capabilities that include nuclear weapons programs, special operations forces, missiles, and weapons of mass destruction,” Bell said.
The unconventional weapons include chemical weapons and a biological weapons research program, the general told the committee.

Bell also said North Korea was working on a three-stage version of the long-range Taepodong missile with the goal of being able to hit targets in the continental United States.
Yawn.