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The mainstream media, and some officials who should know better, continue to allege North Korea does not yet have capability to deliver on its repeated threats to strike the U.S. with nuclear weapons. False reassurance is given to the American people that North Korea has not “demonstrated” that it can miniaturize a nuclear warhead small enough for missile delivery, or build a reentry vehicle for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of penetrating the atmosphere to blast a U.S. city.
Eight years ago, in 2008, the CIA's top East Asia analyst publicly stated North Korea successfully miniaturized nuclear warheads for delivery on its Nodong medium-range missile. The Nodong is able to strike South Korea and Japan or, if launched off a freighter, even the United States.
In 2011, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Lt. General Ronald Burgess, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that North Korea has weaponized its nuclear devices into warheads for arming ballistic missiles.
On April 7, 2015, at a Pentagon press conference, Admiral William Gortney, then Commander of North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD), responsible for protecting the U.S. from long-range missiles, warned that the intelligence community assesses North Korea's KN-08 mobile ICBM could strike the U.S. with a nuclear warhead.
In February and March of 2015, former senior national security officials of the Reagan and Clinton administrations warned that North Korea should be regarded as capable of delivering by satellite a small nuclear warhead, specially designed to make a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack against the United States. According to the Congressional EMP Commission, a single warhead delivered by North Korean satellite could blackout the national electric grid and other life-sustaining critical infrastructures for over a year—killing 9 of 10 Americans by starvation and societal collapse.
Two North Korean satellites, the KMS-3 and KMS-4, presently orbit over the U.S. on trajectories consistent with surprise EMP attack.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: SprocketUK
They use radar and optical tracking of satellites as they go overhead to determine their possible mission.
I have no doubt North Korea is more of a threat than most people think they are, but I trust the intelligence community about as far as I can throw my truck when it's fully loaded.
North Korean then, theoretically has the present capability to basically wipe out the USA with a single EMP nuke.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: SprocketUK
They use radar and optical tracking of satellites as they go overhead to determine their possible mission.
I have no doubt North Korea is more of a threat than most people think they are, but I trust the intelligence community about as far as I can throw my truck when it's fully loaded.
A sensational title to say the least...but maybe we should pay attention, when the article is written by a former CIA Director.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: SprocketUK
No they don't, but what are they really risking? In fact if they say they can do it, when they aren't quite there yet, they're likely to get more money. Congress is going to decide to invest more money into intelligence gathering, especially in that area.
originally posted by: hutch622
a reply to: mobiusmale
North Korean then, theoretically has the present capability to basically wipe out the USA with a single EMP nuke.
Pretty sure it does not work that way .