Barack Obama,  North Korea

USS John McCain Set to Intercept Suspected North Korean Ship

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All things nuclear are coming to a boil with North Korea.

The U.S. military is planning to intercept a flagged North Korean ship suspected of proliferating weapons material in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution passed last Friday, FOX News has learned.

The USS John McCain, a navy destroyer, will intercept the ship Kang Nam as soon as it leaves the vicinity off the coast of China, according to a senior U.S. defense official. The order to inderdict has not been given yet, but the ship is getting into position.

The ship left a port in North Korea Wednesday and appears to be heading toward Singapore, according to a senior U.S. military source. The vessel, which the military has been tracking since its departure, could be carrying weaponry, missile parts or nuclear materials, a violation of U.N. Resolution 1874, which put sanctions in place against Pyongyang.

North Korea could view any interdiction of their ships as an act of war. But, should President Obama order the enforcement of the United Nations resolution on nuclear proliferation would North Korea attack American troops in South Korea?

Stay tuned…….


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