Posted on 03/31/2009 2:26:14 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Expert: NKorea has several nuclear warheads
By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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Pinkston said the communist nation has two underground nuclear warhead storage facilities near bases for its medium-range Rodong missiles, which are capable of striking Japan.
He said he obtained the information from intelligence officials from a country or countries that he wouldn't identify.
"Their assessment is that North Korea has deployed" and assembled "nuclear warheads for Rodong missiles, and there are two nuclear warhead storage facilities near Rodong bases," Pinkston told The Associated Press.
He said it is unclear if Pyongyang has mastered technology to miniaturize the warheads and put them on Rodongs, which have a range of 620 to 930 miles (1,000 to 1,500 kilometers). The North is believed to have five to eight warheads, he said.
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