N Korea Capable of Nuclear Strike at US, Military Leader Says

Top U.S. military officials believe North Korea is now capable of launching a nuclear-armed missile at the United States. “Our assessment is that they have the ability to put a nuclear weapon on a KN-08 and shoot it at the homeland,” Admiral William Gortney, commander of the U.S. Northern Command, told reporters Tuesday during a Pentagon briefing. "We assess that it’s operational today, and so we practice to go against it.” Gortney cautioned that U.S. officials have yet to see...

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