Pentagon says North Korean missiles that can hit US may soon be in production

North Korea may be poised to move into production its intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the US, the Pentagon’s commander of continental deference told a Senate panel.

Kim Jong-un’s regime “probably can deliver a nuclear payload to targets throughout North America while minimising our ability to provide pre-launch warning due to the shortened launch preparation time lines afforded by its solid-propellant design,” Air Force General Gregory Guillot, the head of US Northern Command, said in written testimony on Thursday to the Senate Armed Services Committee.