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North Korea boasts new nuke warhead small enough to mount on ballistic missile
North Korea has allegedly developed a miniature warhead that can be fitted into a ballistic missile. The claim, made by the country’s leader Kim Jong-un at a meeting with nuclear researchers, follows threats of a “preventive nuclear strike” on the US.
“The nuclear warheads have been standardized to be fit for ballistic missiles by miniaturizing them,” Kim said on Wednesday, as quoted by KCNA, North Korea’s official state news agency. He also praised the scientists, calling them the party’s “nuclear combatants.”
Kim noted that the primary function of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal is to “deter a nuclear war,” adding that the most effective way to prevent such a conflict is to “bolster up the nuclear force both in quality and quantity.”
Kim also reiterated a statement that he had made on the right of North Korea to use preemptive nuclear strikes as a defensive measure against possible aggression, saying that the prerogative to make such a move was “by no means a US monopoly.”He added that if the US “threaten its sovereignty and right to existence,” the North would “never hesitate to make a preemptive nuclear strike.” …. https://www.rt.com
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