US Intelligence: North Korea has Produced at Least 60 Miniaturized and Missile-Ready Nuclear Warheads

John W. Spring

According to U. S. intelligence officials, North Korea has produced 60 miniaturized nuclear warheads that are missile-ready. Not only does this mean that the regime of Kim Jong-un at Pyongyang has 60 nuclear warheads, but, in addition, they are compact and missile-ready. It also means that 60 American cities can now be targeted from the Korean Peninsula and some of the 76 North Korean naval submarines at sea.

Unfortunately, due to the earlier “scrapping” of the U.S. Missile Defense Systemprogram by President Barack H. Obama, America does not have an effective Missile Defense System for protecting the American people from a nuclear missile attack fromNorth Korea.

Furthermore, most of the entire infrastructure for all missile and nuclear production in North Korea is located underground at a one-mile depth. So it would be rather difficult to destroy all such facilities where weapons of mass destruction are now being produced and deployed.

This concern should now definitely become America’s highest priority if our nation intends to survive this very lethal threat. So, please, speak out now before it may be too late! JWS

NORTH KOREA CAN STRIKE ALL

OF AMERICA

John W. Spring

In spite of what the Pentagon officials in Washington, D.C. and the corporate news media might say, North Korea can strike all of America. It is not a statement that I make lightly, but because it is true. But what concerns me most about this dilemma are the deceptive statements that are now being made by the so-called “experts” who are so cleverly diminishing this imminent threat. In my last article “An ICBM Test rather Than a First Strike,” I mentioned a statement that had been made by Michael Elleman, a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, in London, UK. The intent of his statement was to apparently diminish the imminent threat from an ICBM test that was carried out by North Korea of its latest Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile on July 28, 2017. However, it did not appear to be based entirely upon re-entry science.

So after questioning the scientific credentials of Michael Elleman, I made an attempt to discover a biography about him, which could not be found except that he was a former UN inspector in Iraq and had been earlier affiliated with the United States Institute for Peace, which is funded by the U.S. federal government. Afterwards, an attempt was made to also examine some of his other articles and statements. I concluded then by questioning his political agenda.

In an article “North Korea’s ICBMS have ‘important short falls,’” posted by Tony Capaccio with Bloomberg News (TNS) on May 10, 2017, it began:

“Washington—North Korea must still overcome ‘important shortfalls’ in developing a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile before it can field a weapon capable of hitting the U.S. according to the Pentagon’s intelligence agency [DIA].” Several paragraphs down in the article, Capaccio reported the following:—Based on DIA statements, “if talking about an ICBM capable of striking the continental U.S., I would say it is ‘fast approaching,’ or a ‘near-term’ threat, not ‘imminent,’” Michael Elleman, a missile defense analyst for 38 North, a website that focuses on North Korea, said in an email.

In an earlier statement, Michael Elleman called the Iran Nuclear Deal “the best agreement that could have been realistically achieved.” He was also aware of the network of tunnels used to protect Iran’s missile forces when saying “The Shahab-3 missiles and tunnels have been around for more than a decade, so Iran revealed no new capabilities in 2016.” So always question him.

AN ICBM TEST RATHER THAN AFIRST STRIKE

John W. Spring

While Michael Elleman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, UK, did notice footage from Japan’s NHK News that indicated the Hwasong-14 ICBM re-entry vehicle may not have survived the “rigors of re-entry,” his conclusions could be very wrong by claiming that if the re-entry vehicle or “RV had survived the ‘rigors of re-entry,’ it would have continued to glow until disappearing behind the mountains.” So based upon his statement, he concluded that the Hwasong-14 ICBM was defective and probably unable to reach the U.S.

For the record, after reviewing a glimpse of the NHK News footage, I also saw what might have been a dimming of the glow from the Hwasong-14 ICBM during its re-entry before crashing into the Sea of Japan. However, it should be noted that stormy weather conditions with heavy rain had also caused very poor visibility as was noticed by the rain drops on the camera lens. Furthermore, it was an ICBM test rather than a first strike.

If its launch were for a “first strike” instead of a test, that ICBM would have spent considerable time in space before re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Then its gradual re-entry in the Earth’s atmosphere would increase the level of heat for the RV. However, a “first strike” re-entry does not generate nearly as much heat as would an accelerated “drop” during a relatively shorter rate or period of time. So while the “test” may have failed, if the Hwasong-14 ICBM had instead been programmed for an actual “first strike” trajectory, it would have probably been successful for destroying its designated target over any spot in the continental United States because of its gradual re-entry rather than an abrupt one, which happened during that test.

Therefore, in spite of its possible “failure” during that restrictive test with its constraints, the ICBM would probably have been able to successfully complete a “first strike” mission over the United States that might have killed over a million Americans.

So do not take any comfort with this possible “test” failure over the Sea of Japan because if there was a technical problem, North Korea will correct it very soon while the United States remains beguiled and deceived by a THAAD anti-missile that is not an effective Missile Defense System needed to protect Americans from Pyongyang’s Hwasong-14 and also Beijing’s DF-31AG.

THREE AGAINST ONE NATION

John W. Spring

During this last weekend of July in 2017 when the U.S. Missile Defense Agency had announced a successful test of a THAAD anti-missile launch from Kodiak, Alaska, which is not an effective Missile Defense System for destroying an ICBM, after striking its target over the North Pacific Ocean, besides North Korea, there was also bad news coming out of China and Russia.

At Zhurihe PLA Training Base in China’s Inner Mongolia, Chinese President Xi Jinping did participate in an armed forces parade displaying the DF-31AG ICBM that would be deployed against the United States by China if Washington were to strike at North Korea’s arsenal of nuclear weaponry, which is being produced at a “crash” rate by the regime of Kim Jong-un at Pyongyang. The DF-31AG ICBM sends multiple nuclear warheads to a range of 6,800 miles.

Meanwhile, in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin has retaliated against Washington by ordering the expulsion of 755 American personnel from the U.S. Embassyand Consulates in Russia for the recent economic sanctions being imposed upon his nation by the U.S. Congress. However, there is more-likely an attempt by the Kremlin to diminish “intelligence-gathering” related to North Korea by American personnel concerning any Russian supportive activity that might be aiding Pyongyang during this crucial time.

In spite of what geopolitical analysts at the U.S. Department of State and intelligence analysts with the various U.S. intelligence agencies in Washington may think, it is possible that China and Russia are clandestinely supporting the Missile and Nuclear programs within North Korea for the intent of having Pyongyang carry out the initial destruction of the United States for the benefit of Beijing and Moscow by destroying Washington in a nuclear holocaust.

As an independent geopolitical analyst and geographer, I am aware how key advisers in Beijing and Moscow act due to their education and training background that is similar to mine. So it is not my role to please any of those political factions that may favor a foreign leader such as Xi or Putin. The only close contact that I ever had with any foreign leader was with Kim Jong-un at a distance of less than 20 feet when we stared at each other for only three minutes after he and his armed bodyguard got out of a bullet-proof 1951 Chrysler sedan at a nearly deserted parking lot by a restaurant in Anaheim, California. But based on that brief encounter years ago, Kim was definitely willing to take calculated risks to further his knowledge about America then and strike at it now with an advanced ICBM and nuclear warhead that can reach any U.S. city. JWS

NORTH KOREA’S LATEST ICBM ISKN-20/Hwasong-14

John W. Spring

The ICBM launched from North Korea on July 28, 2017 in Jagang or Chagang Provincewas a KN-20/Hwasong-14, which is estimated to have a far greater range than being able to strike at any place in the United States, but, rather, even beyond America. U.S. intelligence agencies and the news media are at least saying that it could strike beyond the West Coast to Denver as well as Chicago. They are even suggesting that it might be able to reach Boston and New York, but not quite yet able to destroy Washington. However, based upon my analysis, the truth is that it can now reach and destroy any large city located in the continental United States.

Jagang or Chagang Province, from where the KN-20/Hwasong-14 was launched, is located on the border with China along the Yalu River across from China’s Northeast formerly known as Manchuria. Because this province abounds in underground mineral resources, its earlier mining activity probably led to the construction of one-mile deep bunker-tunnel complexes required for Pyongyang’s ICBM and Nuclear programs. The majority of the underground military industrial facilities are currently located in Jagang or Chagang Province, including portions of their lethal weapons of mass destruction orWMD program. This is also where Chosan County is located.

The reason for the nighttime launching of that ICBM may be related to secrecy or security of the surrounding strategic area of the launch site or the KN-20/Hwasong-14 long-range missile itself.

When I relocated from Los Angeles to Sunset Beach, a very small town in Orange Countythat is now part of Huntington Beach, after enrolling as a student at California State University at Long Beach during the fall of 1960, nearly 57 years ago, the possibility of my analytical reports related to the former Soviet military build-up on Cuba, which also included findings for nuclear missile launch sites in their early stages of construction at Pinar del Rio Province located on the northwestern portion of the island, ever reaching President John F. Kennedy in time for him to authorize U-2 aerial reconnaissance flights before they could become operational after the Cuban Missile Crisis may seem beyond belief, but it did. Now we must face up to reality again.

NORTH KOREAN MISSILE CRISIS

NOW REVEALED

John W. Spring

Early this Friday morning at 7:45 am PT or 10:45 am ET, North Korea launched its second test of an intercontinental ballistic missile or ICBM at 23:41 North Korean time or 15:41 GMT. It is rare for Pyongyang to have a nighttime launch, so, perhaps, instead of launching the mobile Hwasong-14, which was launched on July 4, 2017, it might have been the newest ICBM KN-08, which has a far greater range that is estimated to reach beyond the United States. Secrecy may be the reason for this nighttime launch. Poor weather delayed the earlier plan for this launch.

According to BBC News, South Korea and the Pentagon have announced that North Korea has conducted a new intercontinental ballistic or ICBM test. The ICBM reached an altitude of 3,700 km or 2,299 miles and it landed in the East Sea or the Sea of Japan. This latest ICBM had flown higher, further and longer than the one launched on July 4, 2017.

Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear nonproliferation expert with the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California, said that “Initial indications showed the latest missile had a range of 10,000 km—far enough to strike the west coast of the United States and beyond.”

The Washington Post reported that Denver and possibly Chicago could be within the range of North Korea. For the news media to even suggest this newest threat is significant.

David Wright, co-director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists said, “If the missile had been fired on a trajectory designed to maximize its range, it could have flown 6,500 miles. This is without taking into account the rotation of the Earth, which increases the range of missiles fired to the east.” He added “Los Angeles, Denver and Chicago appear to be well within range. Washington may still be just out of range.” Those were only his estimates.

Please understand that my analysis of most geopolitical situations has generally been at least one year ahead. However, in this situation, I have been several years ahead of what has not yet been analyzed and released to the public by the U.S. intelligence agencies and the news media. This is why I urge you to become aware of this nuclear threat from North Korea right away. JWS

NORTH KOREAN MISSILE CRISIS

John W. Spring

How do you test fire an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile or an ICBM without actually testing one? You do what North Korea has been doing for several years now. You test its components or similar components separately. This has enabled Pyongyang to deceive Washington and the West for quite some time. North Korea’s most recent missile test, when it was able to launch what appeared to be a KN-17 medium long-range missile 1,245 miles into space above the Earth, should cause any competent intelligence analyst with a strong scientific background to become aware that it will no longer take more than three to five years before Pyongyang is able to strike at the mainland of the United States, which would include nuclear warheads reaching as far as New York and Washington, D.C. The truth is that North Korea is able to strike at any designated target in the continental United States right now and that might be at the place where you live.

NBC News has reported “Two U.S. defense officials confirm that North Korea’s launch of a KN-17 missile last Sunday was successful and that the missile’s re-entry vehicle did successfully re-enter the atmosphere.” This is a very significant scientific revelation because it means nuclear warheads are definitely able to reach their targets without burning-up or disintegrating upon re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere from space. Note: This is the earlier article.

But why should you believe me? Because, during the fall in 1961, I was able to provide a report to President John F. Kennedy related to the Soviet nuclear missile launch sites in northwestern Cuba a year before the Cuban Missile Crisis, which occurred during the fall of 1962. None of the U.S. or foreign intelligence agencies can take credit for my analytic report that was sent to JFK.

But based upon my research related to North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs over the past several years, I know that Pyongyang now has many ICBMs with nuclear warheads that are able to strike as far east as the Atlantic Coast or Eastern Seaboard of North America. Unfortunately, the U.S. Missile Defense System Program was scrapped during the Obama Administration so there is no effective way at this time to prevent all of the very long-range missiles that would be launched from the Korean Peninsula or by North Korean naval submarines at sea from striking large cities and other strategic targets throughout the United States. The North Korean Missile Crisis has been in existence for several months and it is about time the American people become aware of this thermonuclear threat that our leaders in Washington are uninformed of due to the probable incompetency of our intelligence community. America, wake up to this danger now!