TROUW Home. Snelle duiding bij het belangrijkste nieuws :: nrc.nl. TheLancet.com - Home Page. Science news and science jobs from New Scientist - New Scientist. American Scientist Online. North Korea May Have Nuclear Missile Capability, U.S. Agency Says. The assessment by the , which has been distributed to senior administration officials and members of Congress, cautions that the weapon’s “reliability will be low,” apparently a reference to the North’s difficulty in developing accurate missiles or, perhaps, to the huge technical challenges of designing a warhead that can survive the rigors of flight and detonate on a specific target.
The assessment’s existence was disclosed Thursday by Representative Doug Lamborn, Republican of Colorado, three hours into a budget hearing of the House Armed Services Committee with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey. General Dempsey declined to comment on the assessment because of classification issues. “It would be inaccurate to suggest that the North Korean regime has fully tested, developed or demonstrated the kinds of nuclear capabilities referenced in the passage,” Mr. Also Thursday, Mr. Mr. A spokesman for Mr.