Senior U.S. Defense Official: North Korea Is Close To Having A Nuclear-Armed ICBM

An underwater test-firing of a strategic submarine ballistic missile is seen in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on April 24. | KCNA / FILE PHOTO VIA REUTERS

Defense Tech: North Korea Close to Having Nuclear-Armed ICBM: Official

North Korea now has an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, armed with a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the U.S. mainland, but they have yet to solve the “re-entry problem” that would burn up the warhead as it hits the atmosphere, a senior military official said Thursday.

“It’s the threat that keeps me awake at night,” the senior official said.

North Korea has acquired and developed an ICBM and perfected the miniaturization of the warhead to fit atop the missile, the official said, but “they’re not sure of the re-entry capability” as the missile transitions from space to the atmosphere.

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Update: North Korea Now Has an ICBM That Can Reach US Mainland (Sputnik)

WNU Editor: China is the only country that can restrain North Korea .... but for the moment they are not interested in doing so .... China says they remain opposed to unilateral sanctions on North Korea (FOX News).

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