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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un says country has miniaturised nuclear warhead
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Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the country has miniaturised nuclear warheads to be mounted on ballistic missiles as he inspected the work of nuclear workers, the North's KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
"The nuclear warheads have been standardised to be fit for ballistic missiles by miniaturising them, he noted, adding this can be called true nuclear deterrent," KCNA said.
North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test in January and claimed it was a successful hydrogen bomb test, which was disputed by many experts and the governments of South Korea and the United States.
As a result, the United Nations Security Council passed tougher sanctions against it last week, and Pyongyang stepped up its belligerent rhetoric through state media..
The comments were Kim's first direct mention of the claim previously made repeatedly in the country's state media to have successfully miniaturised a nuclear warhead to be mounted on a ballistic missile, which is widely questioned.
Kim also inspected the nuclear warheads designed for thermo-nuclear reaction, KCNA said, referring to a hydrogen bomb that the country claimed to have tested in January.
North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test on January 6 and claimed it was a successful hydrogen bomb test, which was disputed by many experts and the governments of South Korea and the United States.
Last week Kim ordered his country to be ready to use nuclear weapons at any time in the face of growing threats from enemies.
Reuters