美국방부 국장 "북한은 탄도미사일 확산 원천…심각한 위협"<br /><br />The director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency has expressed serious concerns about missile proliferation, …labeling North Korea as a potential enemy.<br />Vice Admiral Jon Hill, in a report earlier this month, pointed to Russia, China, Iran and North Korea and their missile programs.<br />He said North Korea has been selling missile-related items to numerous countries, calling the regime a "significant proliferation threat."<br />Admiral Hill stressed the need to sustain and expand the U.S. missile defense system in order to stay ahead of offensive capabilities.<br />According to the Middlebury Institute's Center for Nonproliferation Studies, North Korea has conducted 1-hundred-28 missile tests since 1984, …97 of which were carried out under Kim Jong-un.<br />
