The commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command(SOCOM) has revealed that the U.S. is ready to conduct operations against nuclear, missiles and other weapons of mass destruction sites in North Korea in any future conflict.
 
The Washington Free Beacon reported on Wednesday that Army Gen. Raymond Thomas made the testimony to a House subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, saying U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force commandos are based both permanently and in rotations on the Korean Peninsula in case conflict breaks out.
 
Thomas said the SOCOM has recently focused more intently on the “nuclear threat of an increasingly rogue North Korea,” identifying it as an emerging threat that is of growing concern.
 
The four-star general said the North was previously viewed as a regional threat, but has emerged as a threat with global implications due to its relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles, “facilitated by a trans-regional network of commercial, military, and political connections.”

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