U.S. Intelligence Suspects That North Korea Already Has Nuclear Warheads On Missiles

Retired General James Clapper (L) stands next to President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, June 5, 2010. Obama named retired general Clapper as his new director of national intelligence on Saturday, selecting a defense veteran to coordinate action between numerous U.S. intelligence agencies. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

N.Korea May Have Developed Nukes For Missile Payloads -- Straits Times

WASHINGTON - NORTH KOREA may have already developed nuclear warheads that are small enough to be mounted on missiles and aircraft, a senior US intelligence official said on Thursday.

'The North may now have several plutonium-based nuclear warheads that it can deliver by ballistic missiles and aircraft as well as by conventional means,' Lieutenant General Ronald Burgess, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

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Update: North Korean Nukes Might Fit on Missiles, Aircraft: U.S. -- Global Security Newswire

My Comment: With what is happening in Japan today, this very important story is probably going to be buried on the last page of most newspapers and news outlets.