Arms Race

North Korean media is reporting a statement from the country’s leader Kim Jong-Un which states that Pyongyang will never cease building its nuclear programme until its capabilities and arsenal are equal to that of the United States.
This comes hours after Donald Trump announced plans to end the so-called Defense Spending Sequester which caps the amount of money the US armed forces can be given during any given financial year.

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis departs after his meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Jonathan Ernst/AP)

The western media may be gushing about the dropping of the MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast or “Mother of All Bombs”) on a bunker in Afghanistan (which the US itself built), but the MOAB is actually not the largest conventional bomb ever built.
That distinction goes to the FOAB (Father of All Bombs) – it has 4 times the power and Russia built it 10 years ago.

RT has the details:

Where was this outrage before?

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