Can North Korea Actually Detonate A Nuclear Device On U.S. Soil?

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Gordon G. Chang, Daily Beast: North Koreans Just Threatened to Nuke D.C.—And They Can Actually Do It

Pyongyang put out a video suggesting the strike would come from a submarine. More likely: in a suitcase.

On Friday, a North Korean propaganda outlet released a four-minute video showing an American flag in flames—and a submarine-launched warhead detonating near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

“If the American imperialists provoke us a bit, we will not hesitate to slap them with a pre-emptive nuclear strike,” the video’s Korean-language subtitles said. “The United States must choose! It’s up to you whether the nation called the United States exists on this planet or not.”

This may sound like bluster, but only part of it is. In fact, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea can incinerate the American city of its choice. But Pyongyang can’t do that with a warhead fired from a sub, yet. It will
not have that ability for about a half decade, South Korea estimates. Other nations think longer.

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WNU Editor: I have trouble seeing the North Korean's being successful in conducting such an operation. The logistics of transporting such nuclear material .... and keeping it secret .... are huge, and probably impossible to keep.