North Korea continues to make threats of conflict with South Korea and the United States. On Tuesday, the North Korean regime told foreigners to flee South Korea to avoid “thermonuclear war.” The regime has made previous threats in the past even though it has no such capability. South Korea meanwhile warned they see a new North Korean missile test as “imminent.” In Washington, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, Admiral Samuel Locklear, told Republican Sen. John McCain the United States is capable of intercepting any North Korean missile launch threatening the United States or its allies.

Sen. John McCain: “Do you believe that we have the ability to intercept a missile at — if the North Koreans launch a missile, as is widely reported they would do in coming days?”

Admiral Samuel Locklear: “I believe we have the credible ability to defend the homeland, to defend Hawaii, defend Guam, to defend our forward deployed forces and defend our allies.”