KIM JONG UN THREATENS TO TURN THE U.S. INTO “A PILE OF ASH”: Yeah, the usual verbal threats, but his missile technology is improving and he’s acquiring nukes. We’re going to have to act.

RELATED: Japan is purchasing Norway’s Joint Strike Missile. It’s a small, smart cruise missile with a 250 kilometer range. Japan will deploy the JSM on its F-35s. It’s yet another weapon in the U.S., Japanese and South Korean arsenals, (like the U.S. Army ATACMS), that is capable of turning North Korean missile launchers and similar targets into piles of ash.