WASHINGTON, D.C.: Pentagon chief Jim Mattis delivered a somber caution on North Korea on Friday (Saturday in Manila), saying any military attempts to resolve the crisis would be “tragic on an unbelievable scale.”

Mattis was speaking to reporters at the Pentagon days after North Korea test-fired what analysts say was its longest-range rocket yet.

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