North Korea ‘on cusp’ of PERFECTING nuclear weapons – and US must prepare for ‘final step’
NORTH Korea could be “on the cusp” of perfecting their nuclear weapons capabilities and the USA must be ready to act if Kim Jong-un takes a “final step” towards all-out war, a security boss has claimed.
By VICKIIE OLIPHANT
Express.co.uk
Fri, Oct 20, 2017
CIA Director Mike Pompeo said the United States has to act as if North Korea is on the verge of being able to strike it with a missile.
He warned that North Korea is months away from perfecting its nuclear weapons capabilities amid World war 3 fears.
And he insisted the US military must be ready to act accordingly – adding that President Donald Trump is ready to push the big red button should the need arise.
He said: “They are close enough now in their capabilities that from a US policy perspective, we ought to behave as if we are on the cusp of them achieving that objective.
“They are so far along in that, it’s now a matter of thinking about how do you stop the final step.
“Whether it happens on Tuesday or a month from Tuesday, we’re in a time where the President has concluded that we have a global effort to ensure that [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Un does not obtain that capacity.”
But he said there’s a difference between having the ability to fire a single nuclear missile and the capability of producing large amounts of fissile material and developing an arsenal of such weapons.
Speaking later at the same event, a national security forum in Washington, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster added: “We are in a race to resolve this short of military action.
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