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One of America’s top generals says he has no doubts that North Korea will develop the ability to hit the U.S. mainland with a nuclear weapon if not stopped.
“If left on its current trajectory, the regime will ultimately succeed in fielding a nuclear-armed missile capable of threatening the United States homeland,” Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), told the U.S. Senate’s Armed Service Committee this week.
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Stewart’s statement was based on a new intelligence assessment, CNN reported.
“While nearly impossible to predict when this capability will be operational, the North Korean regime is committed and is on a pathway where this capability is inevitable,” Stewart said.
It is only a matter of time, Stewart believes, before North Korea develops a working intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
“They understand the physics, so it’s just a matter of design,” Stewart said.
An ICBM is a rocket that exits the Earth’s atmosphere and comes down at another point on the globe.
“They’ve certainly demonstrated a range of missiles, a range of fuel types, a range of boosters,” Stewart said.
The North Koreans were able to fire a medium-range missile and have it reenter the atmosphere without burning up earlier this month, U.S. intelligence analysts believe. That missile could hit Guam, a U.S. territory.
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