Military

In its sixth nuclear test, North Korea said it was “successful” in loading a hydrogen bomb onto an intercontinental ballistic missile. Trump met with his national security advisers at the White House on Sunday to discuss the test.

Military officers in Anchorage said Wednesday that Alaska-based soldiers will start deploying to Afghanistan within the week. Over the course of the coming month, the Army is sending about 1,200 members of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division from Anchorage’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

More than 5,000 people may come to the Fairbanks area over the next four years as part of the move to base two squadrons of F-35 fighters at Eielson Air Force Base. The latest estimate announced Monday is well above the previous estimate of 3,500. The bigger population increase is expected to place a greater burden on local services.

Instead of launching missiles into the water near Guam, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will “watch a little more the foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees,” state media report.

North Korea has threatened to send missiles toward Guam. In his latest tweet about the isolated regime, President Trump says, “Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded.”

Each missile costs roughly $80 million, so this is a multi-billion dollar proposal. “Buying that kind of insurance for everybody, not just Alaska but for every city in America, to me is a price that almost any American would want to pay,” Sullivan said.