BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT - what did you do?

[MarkD]

I was mistaken when I earlier wrote that former Soviet countries have nukes. Wikipedia data:

At the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Soviet nuclear weapons were deployed in four of the new republics: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. In May 1992, these four states agreed to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

The three nations returned their weapons to Russia.

Here is the 9-nation "nuclear club": The United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea.

There has been concern about the security about Pakistan's nukes.

Following is the text for last night's 60 Minutes interview with Sig Hecker, former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, on North Korea's nukes.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-america...r-secrets/

At the end of 2016 North Korea was believed to have 13 to 30 nukes. Some have suggested the number might now have risen 60. The notion that the nuclear weapons that have been set off underground in North Korea were not made by North Korea is exceedingly far fetched.

North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test on 3 September 2017.