Japan has upgraded its official warning on North Korea, saying that the threat had entered a “new stage” and that the regime may have already acquired the ability to miniaturise nuclear weapons.
Japan’s annual defence white paper — a hefty document that also highlights China’s “attempts at changing the status quo by coercion” — said that the threat posed by Pyongyang had been reassessed after two nuclear tests and more than 20 test-firings of ballistic missiles since last year’s report.
“It is possible that North Korea has already achieved the miniaturisation of nuclear weapons and has acquired nuclear warheads," said the white paper.
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