Kim Regime Getting Close To Capability For ICBMs, Says U.S. Expert

A leading U.S. expert on nuclear issues says that North Korean needs only suitable nuclear warheads and re-entry vehicles capable of withstanding the extreme heat of a missile's re-entry into the atmosphere to attain the capability of a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), reports South Korea's Yonhap news agency (Seoul).

Pyongyang's Hwasong-12 missile, which was test-fired in May, demonstrated that its warhead could survive heat loads similar to those...