According to the International Herald Tribune, North Korea has deployed a ballistic missile that can reach the US to a launch site. The last time Pyongyang test fired a ballistic missile was in 1998. As IHT points out, now would seem an inappropriate time to conduct such a test, but then when has that stopped NK
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall doesn’t see great value in trying to break the Sentinel ICBM program off as a separate budget item the way the Navy has with its ballistic-missile submarine program, saying such a move wouldn’t create any new money for the Air Force to spend on other…