CIA director Mike Pompeo on Thursday warned that North Korea could be just “months away” from developing the ability to strike America with a nuclear-armed ballistic missile.
Speaking at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Mr Pompeo said the US had to deal with North Korea under the assumption that Kim Jong Un was “on the cusp” of being able to hit the US after a spate of missile tests that have helped his scientists improve their expertise.
“We ought to behave as if we are on the cusp of them achieving that objective,” he said when asked if Pyongyang was “perilously close” to developing that capability.
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