North Korea rocket can hit US, says CIA

NORTH Korea has an untested ballistic missile capable of reaching the western United States, intelligence officials said yesterday.

The North Korean missile has not been flight-tested, Lowell Jacoby, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency said, leaving some questions about the North Korea's capability to successfully launch the missile.

CIA Director George J. Tenet, who joined Jacoby in briefing the Senate Armed Services Committee, also acknowledged the North Koreans have the capability to reach the western United States with a long-range missile.