Commander if U.S. forces in South Korea says there has been little to no verifiable changes North Korea’s military capabilities
Gen. Robert Abrams shown during his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington Sept. 25, 2018.North Korea’s activity on nuclear weapons and missiles is inconsistent with its pledge to denuclearize, the commander of U.S. forces in South Korea said on Wednesday.
“Their activity that we have observed is inconsistent with denuclearization,” U.S. Army General Robert Abrams said during a House Armed Services Committee hearing. Abrams did not provide further details.He had been asked if the United States had seen a change in North Korea’s production of nuclear weapons, material and missiles.
There have also been reports from South Korea’s intelligence service of activity at a factory at Sanumdong near Pyongyang that produced North Korea’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States. Abrams also said that despite a reduction in tensions with North Korea, there had been little to no verifiable changes in its military capabilities.
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