Errant Disclosure: North Korea Nuke Launch Capable

[Flesh Thorn]

Obama administration officials scrambled to downplay the errant disclosure of a classified portion of an intelligence report finding that North Korea has advanced its nuclear knowledge to the point that it could arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead.
The analysis, disclosed Thursday at a hearing on Capitol Hill, says the Pentagon's intelligence wing has "moderate confidence" that North Korea has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles but that the weapon was unreliable.
The revelation was significant, because it has not been previously reported or believed that the country had the ability to miniaturize and deliver a nuclear weapon.


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[CloakAndDagger]

I'm still more concerned about the possibility of nK arming their missiles with chemical munitions, which they have more than plenty of. Even if they can make downsized nukes, getting enough material to arm more than a couple is still difficult.