Little-Acorn
04-14-2013, 05:36 PM
The U.S. Government announced to day that it is likely that North Koreas has succeeded in developing a nuclear weapon small enough to mount on a ballistic missile.
After years of insistence on "negotiating" as a viable alternative to preventing the North Korean regime from getting nukes, this admission is a frank acknowledgement that such tactics have been a complete failure.
Today, on the heels of the announcement that untold years of negotiations had produced nothing, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the United States' new strategy to deal with the unpleasant reality of North Korea's newfound capability:
The United States and its allies will open a new round of negotiations to try to prevent North Korea from carrying tests of missile and nuclear weapons.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/north-korea-put-nuke-missile-us-intelligence-agency/story?id=18935588
North Korea Can Put A Nuke on a Missile, U.S. Intelligence Agency Believes
The Defense Intelligence Agency has concluded with "moderate confidence" that North Korea might have a nuclear weapon that's small enough to be placed on a ballistic missile. But the DIA also says that if that is the case, the reliability of the missile would be low.
The alarming assessment came as North Korea has been issuing threats that range from testing a new missile to nuclear war against the U.S. and South Korea.
It was made public near the end of a House Armed Services Committee in which Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey were testifying about the proposed Pentagon budget.
Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., asked Dempsey if he agreed with a recent classified DIA report that contained an unclassified section that said, "DIA assesses with moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles. However, the reliability will be low." Dempsey eventually admitted he had not seen this report so he couldn't answer the congressman's question.
After years of insistence on "negotiating" as a viable alternative to preventing the North Korean regime from getting nukes, this admission is a frank acknowledgement that such tactics have been a complete failure.
Today, on the heels of the announcement that untold years of negotiations had produced nothing, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the United States' new strategy to deal with the unpleasant reality of North Korea's newfound capability:
The United States and its allies will open a new round of negotiations to try to prevent North Korea from carrying tests of missile and nuclear weapons.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/north-korea-put-nuke-missile-us-intelligence-agency/story?id=18935588
North Korea Can Put A Nuke on a Missile, U.S. Intelligence Agency Believes
The Defense Intelligence Agency has concluded with "moderate confidence" that North Korea might have a nuclear weapon that's small enough to be placed on a ballistic missile. But the DIA also says that if that is the case, the reliability of the missile would be low.
The alarming assessment came as North Korea has been issuing threats that range from testing a new missile to nuclear war against the U.S. and South Korea.
It was made public near the end of a House Armed Services Committee in which Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey were testifying about the proposed Pentagon budget.
Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., asked Dempsey if he agreed with a recent classified DIA report that contained an unclassified section that said, "DIA assesses with moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles. However, the reliability will be low." Dempsey eventually admitted he had not seen this report so he couldn't answer the congressman's question.