NORAD Chief: North Korea Now Has The Ability To Reach The U.S. With A Nuclear Warhead Launched On A Mobile ICBM

Musudan-class intermediate-range missiles are displayed during a military parade in honor of the 100th birthday of the late North Korean leader Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang, April 15, 2012. Press TV

Voice of America: N. Korea Capable of Nuclear Strike at US, Military Leader Says

PENTAGON - Top U.S. military officials believe North Korea is now capable of launching a nuclear-armed missile at the United States.

“Our assessment is that they have the ability to put a nuclear weapon on a KN-08 and shoot it at the homeland,” Admiral William Gortney, commander of the U.S. Northern Command, told reporters Tuesday during a Pentagon briefing. "We assess that it’s operational today, and so we practice to go against it.”

Gortney cautioned that U.S. officials have yet to see Pyongyang test the KN-08, which so far has been displayed only during military parades. But he called the U.S. assessment a “prudent decision.”

WNU Editor: Why is this news? North Korea has been saying for years that they have the capability and are in fact prepared to launch nuclear weapons against the U.S..

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