North Korea working on nuclear warheads

South Korea's top military official claims that North Korea has enough plutonium to produce 6-7 nuclear bombs. However, there is no intelligence to indicate that North Korea can produce a small enough warhead to have the nuclear bomb fit on a missile. BBC

North Korea is trying to develop a nuclear warhead that would fit on to a missile, South Korea's top military official has said.

Gen Kim Tae-young told a parliamentary committee that the North was believed to have enough plutonium to make six or seven warheads.

He said it was not clear if Pyongyang had succeeded in developing a warhead.

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South Korean media have also reported that the North test-fired one or two short-range missiles into the sea off the west coast of the Korean peninsula on Tuesday.

The North is also working on a long-range missile programme.

Plutonium threat

"I understand that North Korea is working to develop a small nuclear warhead which can be loaded into a missile," Gen Kim Tae-Young was quoted by South Korean media as saying.

"As I said earlier, it is certain that North Korea possess plutonium. It is certain the North has enough plutonium to make six to seven nuclear weapons, but it is not clear whether it has produced nuclear weapons," he said.