North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles, crossing a key threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power, U.S. intelligence officials have concluded in a confidential assessment.
The new analysis completed last month by the Defense Intelligence Agency comes on the heels of another intelligence assessment that sharply raises the official estimate for the total number of bombs in the communist country’s atomic arsenal. The U.S. calculated last month that up to 60 nuclear weapons are now controlled by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Some independent experts believe the number of bombs is much smaller.
The findings are likely to deepen concerns about an evolving North Korean military threat that appears to be advancing far more rapidly than many experts had predicted. U.S. officials last month concluded that Pyongyang is also outpacing expectations in its effort to build an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking cities on the American mainland.
Well that certainly escalated quickly.
It should be noted that experts are saying that North Korea still has a few bugs to work out and that they are not yet ready to start firing missiles at Hawaii or anything, but this does demonstrate a huge step in that direction.
One of the talking heads on cable news also pointed out that the work on this capability rapidly sped up in direct response to the Trump presidency, which might have something to do with the threats he has tweeted at North Korea since winning the White House.
Before that happened, experts were confidentially saying that this type of progress was five to seven years away, and now we are learning that the future is already here.
And what is fearless leader tweeting about while the world burns?
E-mails show that the AmazonWashingtonPost and the FailingNewYorkTimes were reluctant to cover the Clinton/Lynch secret meeting in plane.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 8, 2017
Worst presidency in history, bar none.After 200 days, rarely has any Administration achieved what we have achieved..not even close! Don't believe the Fake News Suppression Polls!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 8, 2017
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