London is closer to North Korean missiles than Los Angeles, warns Defence Secretary

London is closer to North Korea's growing arsenal of
missiles than Los Angeles, Sir Michael Fallon warned
this morning.
The Tory Defence Secretary said Kim Jong Un did not
"yet" have weapons that could reach Britain, but that
he was "very concerned" about the ramping up of
tensions between Donald Trump and the North Korean
despot.
"We’re very concerned," he told the BBC's Andrew
Marr. "And we’re not just observing it. We’re working
extremely closely with the United States. The Prime
Minister reviewed this with the President on Tuesday.
I keep in touch with the American defence secretary.
"We’re doing now what we can to bring about a
diplomatic solution. What we have to avoid at all
costs is this spilling over into any kind of military
conflict."
He said Britain was “working flat out” at the United
Nations to avoid a conflict, but that he was “very
concerned” that we could be close to war in the
Pacific.
The United States is fully entitled to defend its own
territory, to defend its bases and to look after its
people.
But this involves us. London is closer to North Korea
and its missiles than Los Angeles.
Asked if he believed North Korea had a missile
capable of hitting London, he said: “Not yet.
“But they are clearly accelerating their missile
programme, the range is getting longer and longer.
“And we have to get this programme halted, because
the dangers now of miscalculation, of some accident
triggering a response are extremely great.”

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