Kim Jong-un declares that North Korea is set to launch deadly long-range missiles in terrifying New Year message
KIM Jong-un has claimed that North Korea is in the ‘final stages’ of launching a mass-killing long-range missile.
While other heads of states use their New Year message to convey a sense of optimism, paranoid comfort eater Kim took the opportunity to boast about the size of his weapons.
In a terrifying televised speech to his brainwashed country, the fridge-raiding despot declared that the sulky communist country is close to launching a deadly intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
He said: "Research and development of cutting edge arms equipment is actively progressing and ICBM rocket test launch preparation is in its last stage.”
Since coming to power in 2011, 32-year-old Kim has ramped up North Korea’s nuclear program.
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In 2016, Kim conducted two nuclear tests sparking concerns among the hermit country’s neighbours.
The Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security estimated last year that North Korea had 10 to 16 nuclear weapons at the end of 2014.
This was based on analysis of the country’s production of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium recovered from spent nuclear fuel.
Revised estimates mean that the total could now by between 13 to 21 today.
According to reports, his Musudan missiles - with a range of 3,500 miles - would be able to strike the US air and naval bases in Guam, and any location in the South and Japan, as well as swathes of South East Asia.
The US has announced it will deploy its state-of-the-art THAAD advanced missile defense system in South Korea in eight to 10 months.
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