North Korea May Be Poised to Move ICBMs Into Production, US Says
- US could be vulnerable to nuclear attack, general tells Senate
- Warnings could bolster arguments for Trump’s ‘Iron Done’
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North Korea may be poised to move into production its intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the US, the Pentagon’s commander of continental defenses told a Senate panel.
Kim Jong Un’s regime “probably can deliver a nuclear payload to targets throughout North America while minimizing our ability to provide pre-launch warning due to the shortened launch preparation time lines afforded by its solid-propellant design,” Air Force General Gregory Guillot, the head of US Northern Command, said in written testimony Thursday to the Senate Armed Services Committee.