North Korea has NO IDEA where missile tests are going to land and could spark WW3 by accidentally hitting a neighbour, ex NASA scientist warns
NORTH Korea is dangerously close to sparking World War Three and killing millions with imprecise nuclear weapons, a former NASA scientist has warned.
The terrifying claims follow boasts from the nation's despot Kim Jong-un that his country has become a full nuclear state capable of hitting anywhere on earth.
The dictator made the claims after the successful launch of his most powerful ICMB to date, which travelled almost 600 miles and reached an altitude of 2,780 miles before crashing into Japanese waters.
But while Kim-Jong-un may now have the resources to hit anywhere, experts say he will find targeting a specific location more difficult.
Dr David Baker, an adviser to Reagan during the Cold War, claimed North Korea is taking "considerable" risks, which could see a missile veering off course and hitting the wrong target.
The ex-NASA scientist warned that many countries would see a rogue missile landing in their territory as an invasion, which could spark a Third World War.
Speaking to the , he said: "This is quite dangerous given the proximity of peripheral states who would accept as a declaration of war any stray missile hitting their territory, whether it carried a warhead or not.
"The risk is considerable. Even technologically advanced nations struggle to keep these missiles on track.
"North Korea is putting considerable faith in the guidance systems of these missiles."
Dr Baker also spoke of fears that North Korea could be just a year away from launching a missile capable of being brought successfully back down to earth.
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He said that if the state were to do so with a missile launched into the Pacific Ocean, it would "almost certainly cause a military response from America".
Warning that the US could even respond with their own tactical nuclear strikes, Dr Baker added: "We are living in increasingly dangerous times."
Writing on Twitter, President Trump vowed "the situation will be handled" in the aftermath of North Korea's latest missile test in the early hours of Wednesday morning.