The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe has warned that North Korea may be able to fire missiles containing deadly sarin gas.
Japanese PM made these comments during a parliamentary session Friday. The US president Donald Trump has said in the past that the problem of North Korea “will be taken care of.”
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It must be noted that a US “armada” is sailing towards North Korea that is viewed as a display of power and aggression. Speculation is rife that on the 105th birthday of its founder this weekend, there might be an attack.
North Korea in response has said that the country is ready to use its “powerful nuclear deterrent”. Vice Minister Han Song Ryol has said, as per reports, that North Korea would launch a “pre-emptive strike,”
Japan’s PM said, “There is a possibility that North Korea already has a capability to deliver missiles with sarin as warheads.” Abe, however, didn’t have any evidence to prove that North Korea has the capability to use sarin in missiles.
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Sarin was used in last week’s deadly chemical attack in Syria that killed 87 people including children.
North Korea has has joined the Geneva Protocol that bans the use of chemical weapons in war.
The country’s leader has recently also been embroiled in the murder accusations of his half-brother, Kim Jong-nam.