(CNN)As tensions continue to ratchet up with North Korea, CNN has learned >that the US is considering shooting down a North Korean ballistic missile >even if it does not directly threaten the US or its allies.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/19/politics/us-north-korea-missile-mattis-options/index.html
Speaking to reporters Monday, Defense Secretary James Mattis said North
Korea is "intentionally doing provocations that seem to press against the >envelope for just how far can they push without going over some kind of a >line in their minds that would make them vulnerable."
An official directly familiar with options planning within the Trump >administration told CNN the question that now needs to be answered is
whether North Korea's missile program has progressed to the level of being >such an inherent threat that the Pentagon would recommend targeting a
missile even if its trajectory did not indicate it would hit the US or its >allies. The official declined to speak on the record because of the >sensitivity of the issue.
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