Kim Jong Un claims North Korea has miniaturized nuclear warheads by AP News | 9th March 2016 | @AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a parade with military officers. Pic: AP. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a parade with military officers. Pic: AP. PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The official North Korean news agency says the communist country’s leader Kim Jong Un met his nuclear scientists for a briefing and declared he was greatly pleased that warheads had been miniaturized for use on ballistic missiles. In a report dated Wednesday, the KCNA news agency said Kim told the nuclear researchers that the stronger the country’s nuclear strike capability, the more effective it will be as a deterrent to aggression. Pyongyang has previously claimed it has nuclear warheads small enough to put on long-range missiles, but experts have questioned such claims. North Korea warned Monday of pre-emptive nuclear strikes after the United States and South Korea began holding their biggest ever war games. Tensions remain high after North Korea’s recent nuclear test and rocket launch, which prompted the United Nations to adopt tough new sanctions. Topics covered: North Korea North Korea nuclear threat North Korea nuclear weapons Share Tweet Today’s Top Stories Hong Kong photojournalist Hok Chun Anthony Kwan. Pic: AP. Thailand withdraws criminal charges against Hong Kong journalist Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Pic: AP Cambodia’s illegal logging crackdown: What’s in it for Hun Sen? Pic via Louisa Mak's Facebook. Miss Hong Kong mistaken for impostor, ejected from Cambridge ball Most Read This Week Guest DJ at Zouk Singapore forced to end set early to make way for Najib's son The real issue: TOC, Benjamin Lim or sub judice? Facebook suspends user for posting historical photos of topless Indonesian women Mother of dead Singaporean national serviceman hits out at government in viral Facebook post The tragic case of Benjamin Lim: is Singapore's justice system flawed?