폼페오 미국CIA국장 "한반도 재래식 전쟁 있을수도"
The heads of six U.S. intelligence agencies,... including the CIA and the NSA,... gave their assessment on the North Korean threat at a U.S. Senate hearing on Thursday.
Park Ji-won has details.
The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mike Pompeo, warned that North Korean risks still remain and the threat is very real.
Speaking at a Senate intelligence hearing on Thursday local time,... along with the heads of five other U.S. intelligence agencies,... the CIA Director said regional flash point including the Korean Peninsula could trigger a major conflict.
The Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats also testified at the hearing that North Korea is currently the intelligence community's “highest priority,” adding that the North's nuclear programs are a potential "existential threat" to the U.S.
He also said Pyongyang's recent nuclear and missile tests is an indication that the regime is intent on proving its weapons capability.
The head of the Defense Intelligence Agency Vincent Stewart, warned that the North is developing miniaturized nuclear devices to mount on its ballistic missiles.
These remarks come a day after the CIA established its "Korea Mission Center," to address nuclear threats from North Korea and to analyze the North's ballistic missile technologies.
The Korea Mission Center is the agency's 11th mission center,... along with others like the Mission Center for Counterterrorism and the Mission Center for Global Issues,... drawing on resources from the CIA.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News.
