Obama's Belief that North Korea Has No Nuclear Missile

Obama says he doesn't believe North Korea has nuclear missile

He says intelligence suggests the North can't build a nuclear missile.

President Barack Obama has said he doesn't believe North Korea can fit a nuclear warhead on a missile, casting strong doubt on an alarming assessment disclosed last week by the Pentagon's intelligence arm.

The Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency believes "with moderate confidence" that the North has developed nuclear weapons it could deliver on a ballistic missile, although with low reliability.

"That's why I've repositioned missile defense systems to guard against any miscalculation on their part," Obama said, an apparent reference to the recent decision to move missile defenses to Guam, a Western Pacific territory that is home to U.S. naval and air bases that the North has cited as possible targets for attack.

Whether or not we believe North Korea can fit a nuclear warhead on a missile, we need to take the rhetoric seriously.  We can assume all we want, but we can't afford to be wrong - not only for ourselves, but our allies, like Japan that is easily withing the range of a delivery system.

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