Democratic U.S. vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine said Tuesday that he would back pre-emptive strikes against North Korea if the isolated nation showed signs of launching a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States.
Kaine made the comments in response to a question during the first and only vice presidential television debate in which he faced off with his Republican counterpart, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
The two were asked whether they would take pre-emptive action if intelligence showed North Korea was about to launch a nuclear-armed missile capable of reaching the United States.