{"id":16290,"date":"2016-12-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/this-is-our-biggest-threat-says-kevin-rudd\/"},"modified":"2016-12-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T00:00:00","slug":"this-is-our-biggest-threat-says-kevin-rudd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/this-is-our-biggest-threat-says-kevin-rudd\/","title":{"rendered":"This is our biggest threat, says Kevin Rudd"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>North Korea\u2019s military capability is the biggest threat our region faces and must be halted, says former PM Kevin Rudd\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe alternatives are too horrible to talk about,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/7.30\/content\/2016\/s4596094.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he told 7.30<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Asked what was the region\u2019s most pressing issue, Mr Rudd said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will give you three of them. North Korea, North Korea and North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve been following this debate since when Adam was a boy. And the bottom line is, we&#8217;re on a technical trajectory here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s to do with North Korean technical capabilities in terms of missile sophistication, in terms of missile range, the availability of nuclear material and their ability to militarise that into a warhead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is on a very rapid time scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said halting the country\u2019s military expansion was critical&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number one priority in terms of US-China relations\u2026 is to reach an agreement strategically between Xi Jinping and President Trump Elect on how this can be arrested and stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe alternatives are too horrible to talk about.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/kane-cornes-biggest-2017-afl-predictions\"><strong>KANE CORNES\u2019 BIGGEST 2017 AFL PREDICTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/smitho-demands-apology-from-steven-marshall\"><strong>MIKE SMITHSON GETS AN APOLOGY FROM STEVEN MARSHALL &#8212; SORT OF<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea\u2019s military capability is the biggest threat our region faces and must be halted, says former PM Kevin Rudd\u2026 \u201cThe alternatives are too horrible to talk about,\u201d he told 7.30.&nbsp; Asked what was the region\u2019s most pressing issue, Mr Rudd said: \u201cI will give you three of them. 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