From Battleland/Time:
“The Defense Intelligence Agency did a study that was finished last month. Now, while the contents of the study are classified, the conclusions and certain statements are not classified. And quoting from the unclassified portion, which I believe has not yet been made public, they say, quote, `DIA assesses with moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles. However, the reliability will be low.'”
— Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., at a House Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday.
My Comment: Apparently the Pentagon report that Rep. Doug Lamborn quoted from was mistakenly de-classified. Yup .... you are reading it right .... this report was not suppose to be made public.
This explains why the White House and the Pentagon were surprised yesterday .... they do not want the public to know that North Korea probably now has some crude capability to launch nuclear missiles. This also puts the White House on the spot .... after saying that they will never accept a nuclear armed North Korea with such a missile capability .... the North Koreans have apparently already accomplished this, and are now rushing to develop this capability even further.
This revelation is a bombshell .... because this was not suppose to happen, backed up by President Obama assuring our allies and the American public that the U.S. would never accept such a situation.
What will now be the fallout? I expect both South Korea and Japan will revisit the possibility of developing their own nuclear capability .... raising nuclear proliferation worries in north-east Asia. But it is how countries like Iran and Israel are going to react that concerns me the most. What they are seeing is a U.S. that is all talk and no action .... a dangerous perception because this will only embolden the Iranians in their nuclear program, as well as pressuring the Israelis that they must respond unilaterally since the U.S. has proven to be unreliable and not faithful to their word on this issue.