President Donald Trump has said North Korea “had best not make any more threats to the United States” or “they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen”.
Mr Trump issued the warning during a briefing on opioid addiction at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey.
A Japanese defence paper and a US media report said that North Korea may have successfully produced a miniaturised nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles.
After many years of failure,countries are coming together to finally address the dangers posed by North Korea. We must be tough & decisive!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 8, 2017
That is a key benchmark in the country’s attempt to become a fully-fledged nuclear power.
The Washington Post story, citing unnamed US intelligence officials, said the confidential analysis was completed last month by the US Defence Intelligence Agency.
Separately, Japan’s defence ministry assessed in a report that it is possible that North Korea has achieved the miniaturisation of nuclear weapons and has developed nuclear warheads.
Washington’s alarm over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s pursuit of a nuclear capability has intensified in the past month after the North conducted two tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles last month.
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