Nuclear security
North Korea's nuclear test last month didn't improve its technical capability, the head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said on Tuesday. "I would assess that their technical capability has not increased," Vice Admiral James Syring said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event. "If it was warranted, you would see our program change." He said if North Korea's fourth nuclear test was a threat, the Missile Defense Agency would have 37 ground-based inceterceptors implemented in Alaska and California by the end of the year and 44 by the end of 2017. Nuclear expets have rejected Pyongyang's claim that it detonated a hydrogen bomb, but say they likely gained data from the test. Syring added the U.S. would continue to watch Pyongyang over its effort to create a nuclear warhead capable of reaching U.S. soil.
North Korea's nuclear test last month didn't improve its technical capability, the head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said on Tuesday. "I would assess that their technical capability has not increased," Vice Admiral James Syring said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event. "If it was warranted, you would see our program change." He said if North Korea's fourth nuclear test was a threat, the Missile Defense Agency would have 37 ground-based inceterceptors implemented in Alaska and California by the end of the year and 44 by the end of 2017. Nuclear expets have rejected Pyongyang's claim that it detonated a hydrogen bomb, but say they likely gained data from the test. Syring added the U.S. would continue to watch Pyongyang over its effort to create a nuclear warhead capable of reaching U.S. soil.
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