Pentagon: NKorea could launch nuclear missile

Published April 11, 2013 6:31pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Pentagon report says North Korea probably has nuclear weapons that can be launched by ballistic missile, although it says the weapons are not very reliable.

The assessment by the Defense Intelligence Agency was revealed Thursday by Rep. Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Republican, at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. Lamborn read what he said was an unclassified section of a classified report. A congressional official said the report was done in March.

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