Apparently they've got no more than 6 nuclear warheads but no reliable missile delivery system.
So I think we're safe.
Yep. They're essentially using mid/late soviet-era technology in their launchers, except produced/maintained in a country with little to no industrial base/electronic/ballistic missile expertise, and so any missile with a range over 750-1000 miles either has an unacceptable failure rate or hasn't been tested at all yet. Not only that, but by modern standards, the missiles are dead slow, and easy (by modern standards) to intercept as they use a low trajectory, and with the amount of Aegis that's been deployed to the pacific I would be VERY surprised if, even if they did launch, there wouldn't be about 300 interceptor missiles chasing after it within seconds. They're not even multiple warhead...
And 6 is I think a generous number. I remember in my research for my dissertation last year I came across a believable article that says they
definitelyhave 3 ex-soviet warheads, and possibly one or two 'home-grown' ones. Can't be arsed to find it now, so I'll just say FACT! and leave it at that.
FACT!
