SEOUL: North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile is “likely” to be able to deliver a 500 kilogram warhead to San Diego within two years, a US monitoring group said Tuesday, after its launch sparked global alarm last week. “The North Koreans won’t be able to achieve this performance tomorrow, but they likely will eventually,” he added. At present it would be “lucky to hit even a city-sized target”, he said, citing limits to its re-entry technology. The North’s missile technology—which it is banned from developing by the UN Security Council—has advanced rapidly under Kim, ramping up tensions between Pyongyang and Washington. Beijing is reluctant to risk destabilizing the North, fearing a potential influx of refugees along the frontier or US troops stationed on its border in a unified Korea.

Source: Manila Times July 11, 2017 06:22 UTC