Pyongyang will have developed the ability to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) within months, CIA director Mike Pompeo said on Thursday.
Speaking at an event hosted by the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, Pompeo said that Washington should act on the assumption that North Korea's nuclear program was close to completion.
Pyongyang will have developed the ability to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) within months, CIA director Mike Pompeo said on Thursday.
Speaking at an event hosted by the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, Pompeo said that Washington should act on the assumption that North Korea's nuclear program was close to completion.
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