US Dismisses Disagreement With Seoul on N Korea Nuclear Threat

The U.S. has dismissed media reports that Washington and Seoul have different assessments of Pyongyang’s nuclear ability to miniaturize a nuclear weapon. Last week, U.S. Navy Admiral William Gortney, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, told reporters that Washington believes Pyongyang does have the ability to miniaturize a warhead. “Our assessment is that they have the ability to put a nuclear weapon on a KN-08 and shoot it at the homeland,”...

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