North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-Un is ‘hellbent on the bomb and will have nukes capable of striking US within a YEAR’
Maniacal dictator Kim Jong-Un could be able to obliterate US air and naval bases in Guam next year after ramping up his nuclear programme
TYRANNICAL Kim Jong-Un will have nuclear warheads capable of striking US territory within a YEAR, it is claimed.
Since taking power the North Korean dictator has dramatically increased his country's nuclear weapons programme.
Now it is feared previous estimates vastly underestimated the length of time it would take Pyongyang to successfully develop the bomb.
Leading experts have recently admitted nukes are Jong-Un's "ticket to survival" and disarmament through diplomatic channels is a "lost cause".
According to , his Musudan missiles - with a range of 3,500 miles - will be ready within a year.
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If true, the North Korean madman would be able to strike the US air and naval bases in Guam, and any location in the South and Japan, as well as swathes of South East Asia.
Analysts wrote that the tests were continuing to fail, but his method of trial and error would mean operational nukes would be developed sooner than previously expected.
"At this rate, the Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile could enter operational service sometime next year - much sooner than had previously been expected.
"After a decade of keeping it on the back burner, the North Koreans are clearly committed to the Musudan.
"Another seven months of training and practice could bring them to a real initial operational capability."
The analysis is likely to strike fear into South Korea and Japan - two US allies in the region who are desperate to stop Jong-un developing the bomb.
The US has announced it will deploy its state-of-the-art THAAD advanced missile defense system in South Korea in eight to 10 months.
Despite objections from Russia and China, the two countries agreed to deploy it in the South in response to the North's tests.
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