http://www.news.com.au/world-news/growing-fears-that-north-korea-actually-has-th...Growing fears that North Korea actually has the technology to launch nuclear missiles
From: News Limited Network
April 07, 2013 10:29AM
A South Korean soldier stands on a military guard post near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas in the border city of Paju. Source: AFP
THE United States has delayed testing one of its own intercontinental ballistic missiles as some analysts say they believe North Korea can launch nuclear warheads.
A senior defence official has said the Pentagon delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test in order not to inflame already flash-point tensions with the rogue state.
Scheduled to be launched this week from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the official said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel decided to put off the long-planned Minuteman 3 test until sometime next month.
The test was not connected to the ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises that have been going on in that region and have stoked North Korean anger and fueled an escalation in threatening actions and rhetoric.
North Korea's military warned earlier this week that it was authorized to attack the U.S. using "smaller, lighter and diversified" nuclear weapons.
However, North Korea is generally regarded d as being years away from perfecting the technology to back up its bold threats of a pre-emptive strike on the United States.
But a recent string of successful tests has introduced a strong measure of doubt.
______________
" A senior defence official has said the Pentagon delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test in order not to inflame already flash-point tensions with the rogue state.
Scheduled to be launched this week from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the official said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel decided to put off the long-planned Minuteman 3 test until sometime next month. "
did'nt the US threaten nuclear war with russia
at one stage circa cuban missile crisis and
the bay of pigs?
namaste