North Korea: Manhattan and White House top nuclear targets

MAJOR cities, military bases and the White House are among the top potential targets in a North Korean nuclear strike, an eye-opening report has revealed.

The United States mainland is the top target listed in the new report by the European Council on Foreign Relations, which paints a grim picture of North Korea’s nuclear potential. 
North Korea has not released an official list of targets.

The European think tank has instead collated the list based on material published on the secretive regime’s propaganda channels.

The report, Pre-empting defeat: In search of North Korea’s nuclear doctrine, goes on to suggest how North Korea would use its nuclear weapons in a conflict situation. It aims to “predict Pyongyang’s response to different scenarios, and to avoid war, the international community needs to understand how the regime sees its nuclear weapons, and when it would use them”.

It also warns Pyongyang’s weapons program is here to stay. “European policymakers must accept the fact that Pyongyang is a rational actor and that there is no prospect of talks on unilateral disarmament,” the report states.

UCJ, UNILORIN.