North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is defiantly calling his country's nuclear weapons program a "treasured sword" to protect it against aggression, even as U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continue to pressure his regime, according to Voice of America (VOA).
Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz says the Russian-Belarussian Zapad (West) 2017 war games will stretch beyond September 20, involving the use of nuclear weapons, according to zn.ua, referring to the official's interview with TVP Info.
North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles, crossing a key threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power, U.S. intelligence officials have concluded in a confidential assessment, according to The Washington Post.
North Korea said on Monday it had successfully tested an intermediate-range ballistic missile to confirm the reliability of the late-stage guidance of the warhead, indicating further advances in the ability to hit U.S. targets, according to Reuters.