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North Korea nukes ready for launch: South

06 April 2016 [11:13] - TODAY.AZ

North Korea has reached the capability to mount nuclear warheads on its medium-range missiles, which can hit targets in the Korean Peninsula, Japan, China, and Russia, says a South Korean official, Press TV reported.

"We believe they have accomplished miniaturization of a nuclear warhead to mount it on a Rodong missile," a South Korean official said on Tuesday.

Last month, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un claimed that Pyongyang had successfully miniaturized nuclear warheads so they can be fit on ballistic missiles.

"They have the ability to mount a nuclear warhead on a Rodong. Whether they will fire it like that is a political decision," added the official who was speaking on condition of anonymity.

He added that Rodong missiles are capable of delivering a one-ton warhead over a distance of 2,000 kilometers.

Despite its alliance with South Korea, the US disagrees with Seoul's assessment.

"We know that they've said they have that capability, and we have to take them at their word," said Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis on Tuesday. "But we have not seen them demonstrate it, so we don't share that assessment necessarily but we do accept what they say as a threat we need to take as real."

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