The nightmare scenario of North Korea having the ability to miniaturise nuclear warheads to fit on the end of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was supposed to be at least two years away. Kim Jong-un’s nuclear scientists have proved America’s intelligence services dangerously wrong in the past. Now, according to the US Defence Intelligence Agency, the matching of nuclear warhead to ballistic missile has been achieved. Lieutenant-General HR McMaster, the national security adviser, warned last week that it was impossible to overstate the danger posed by North Korea. Does he really intend to launch a nuclear ICBM attack on an…

Source: The Times August 08, 2017 23:02 UTC