North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles pose a serious threat to the United States, the U.S.' top spy said Wednesday.
"North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs also pose a serious threat, both regionally and beyond," National Intelligence Director James Clapper told a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing. "Although both Taepodong-2 launches ended in failure, the 2009 flight demonstrated a more complete performance than the July 2006 launch."
| He also referred to them as 'secular' missiles... |
| Huh? Since when do missiles have a religion? I can see them having a god -- that would be the guy who pushed the button, and the maintenance techs are clearly the choir angelic, but surely things haven't progressed as far as the separation of church and state in the missile silos! |
| Sorry, I'll include the 'sarcasm' tag next time :-) |
Were it turned into an international continental ballistic missile, the Taepodong-2 could reach at least part of U.S. territory, and there is a risk that the rocket or related technologies are exported, Clapper said. |