
A senior Pentagon official says there is intelligence information indicating North Korea could be planning "Multiple missile launches" in the coming days.
The official did not have specifics on the numbers of missiles and launchers spotted by U.S. Satellite imagery, but said the two intermediate-range mobile missiles North Korea has placed along its eastern coastline may have been feints to distract attention from the multiple launches that may be coming.
This is a tactic the North Koreans have used in the past, the official said. Ref. CNN
Russia warns against stoking N.Korea tensions:
"One just shouldn't scare anyone with military maneuvers and there's a chance that everything will calm down," he added in Russian, without specifying which countries he believed were carrying out such military exercises. Ref. Source 7
North Korea may have nuclear weapons that could be delivered by ballistic missiles, a congressman said.
Rep. Doug Lamborn quoted an assessment by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency during a House Intelligence Committee meeting: "'DIA assesses with moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles. However, the reliability will be low.'" Ref. CNN
The U.S. Administration "does not believe" North Korea has developed a nuclear warhead, an administration official tells CNN.
The statement comes after Rep. Doug Lamborn told the House Armed Services Committee that a study just completed by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency says North Korea may have nuclear weapons that could be delivered by ballistic missiles. "However, the reliability will be low," Lamborn said.
That intelligence was "Mistakenly" marked unclassified, according to an administration and a defense sources. Are Ref. CNN
Pentagon: N.Korea can fire nuclear missile
The jarring revelation comes amid threats from the unpredictable regime.
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Goal on N. Korea tests U.S.-China ties
The U.S. and China agree to try to rid the nation of nuclear weapons.
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Obama: North Korea can't put nukes on ballistic missile:
President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that North Korea likely does not have the ability to arm a ballistic missile with nuclear warheads. He also compared the Stalinist regime's recent belligerent rhetoric to a child's temper tantrum. Ref. Source 8