Posted on 10/25/2014 4:45:32 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
North Korea Closer to Building Nuclear Missile, Pentagon Says
Nation Now Capable of Building Miniaturized Warhead, U.S. General Reports
By Felicia Schwartz
Updated Oct. 24, 2014 7:04 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON—North Korea probably has the capability to produce a nuclear warhead that could be mounted on a rocket, a top U.S. commander said Friday, moving it closer to building a nuclear missile.
Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of U.S. forces on the Korean peninsula, said North Korea now is capable of building a miniaturized nuclear warhead, a step needed to complete development of a nuclear-tipped missile.
Such nuclear warheads would be small enough to fit on a ballistic missile and would be a major improvement to Pyongyang’s weapons technology. Gen. Scaparrotti said he believes North Korea also has developed a launcher that could carry an intercontinental ballistic missile with a miniaturized warhead.
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Of course they are.
Obola already gave Iran, Turkey, N. Korea and Hamas
all the info they need to destroy America.
... and then gave them weapons and an open door.
Thanks TLR.
coming soon to the west coast.
OH Chia Chub is roaney
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