“It is fair to say that North Korea has already secured re-entry technology for nuclear warheads,” said Kim Young-woo of the minor opposition Bareun Party, who serves as a chairman of the National Assembly’ national defence committee. Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, citing military analysts, introduced similar arguments that North Korea has made “significant progress” in re-entry technology. But the South Korean Ministry of National Defence remains cautious on such views. Seoul-based aerospace experts agreed the North has yet to secure reliable re-entry technology, even though it appears clear that Pyongyang has inched closer to the goal. Plus, North Korea didn’t even mention the re-entry vehicle when they made the ICBM announcement,” said Jang.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 01, 2017 18:11 UTC