North Korea is now capable of attaching nuclear warheads to missiles but has not mastered hitting a target, a US defense official has said.
It can now build nuclear missiles with a maximum range of around 700 kilometres (430 miles).
Experts have concluded North Korea is able to make nuclear warheads small enough to arm Scud missiles, but it is not clear if they can put weapons on larger rockets which travel further.
The defence official said: “Truthfully, they have the capability right now to be able to deliver a nuclear weapon, they are just not sure about re-entry, that’s why they continue to test their systems out there.”
He added that he believed North Korea can already “mate” a missile with a nuclear warhead.
“You’ve heard other senior leaders say the same thing, primarily because we don’t know what the ‘Dear Leader’ in North Korea really is after.”
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