U. S. Reroutes Warships Toward Korean Peninsula in Show of Force -<br />By ERIC SCHMITTAPRIL 9, 2017<br />WASHINGTON — The commander of American forces in the Pacific has ordered an aircraft carrier<br />and several other warships toward the Korean Peninsula in a show of force by the Trump administration just days after North Korea tested another intermediate-range missile.<br />South Korean and American specialists said the missile tested on Wednesday, which the South Korean military said flew a mere 37 miles, was probably a<br />modified version of either the Scud-ER or Pukguksong-2, or perhaps a new missile — even an early version of an intercontinental ballistic missile.<br />Speaking on Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Mr. Tillerson expanded on what the rest of the world should take away from the missile strikes in Syria: “The message<br />that any nation can take is if you violate international norms, if you violate international agreements, if you fail to live up to commitments, if you become a threat to others, at some point, a response is likely to be undertaken.”<br />Mr. Tillerson continued: “In terms of North Korea, we have been very clear that our objective is a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.<br />The president has asked to be prepared to give him a full range of options to remove<br />that threat to the American people and to our allies and partners in the region.”<br />The White House said in a statement on Sunday that Mr. Trump had spoken to Prime Minister Shinzo<br />Abe of Japan the day before on many issues, including the North Korean nuclear threat.
