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In a photo taken on May 29, 2018 rockets are displayed at a memorial ground of the Baengmagoji, or White Horse, battlefield in Cheorwon near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea. ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images
Following the failed United States–North Korea summit in Hanoi, it is now crucial that Washington increases its strategic leverage in Asia by building a new force of ballistic and cruise missiles to deter both North Korean and Chinese nuclear blackmail and aggression.