驻韩美军最高指挥官说，他对朝鲜不断增强的发动非常规袭击的能力感到担忧，这种能力包括网络战争和化学武器。瑟曼星期三在美国国会众议院军事委员会表示，朝鲜在电脑入侵和生化武器方面取得进展，再加上其大规模常规军力，因此给韩国构成严重威胁。
瑟曼还警告说，如果不加以“制约”，朝鲜在导弹能力上取得的进展将最终威胁到美国。但他说，驻扎在韩国的近3万美军能够击退任何朝鲜可能发动的袭击。朝鲜拥有世界第四大规模的陆军。
The top commander of U.S. forces in South Korea says he is concerned about North Korea's growing capability to carry out attacks through nonconventional means, such as cyber warfare and chemical weapons. Speaking to the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, General James Thurman said North Korea's advances in computer hacking and biological weapons, combined with its massive conventional military, pose a serious threat to South Korea.
Thurman also warns that, if left "unchecked," the development of Pyongyang's missile capability could eventually threaten the United States.But he says that the nearly 30,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea are well positioned to repel any potential attack from North Korea, which has the fourth largest army in the world.