WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- U.S. intelligence does not indicate an imminent nuclear war with North Korea, the chief of the Central Intelligence Agency said Sunday, after a week of bellicose rhetoric between the two sides.
In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," CIA Director Mike Pompeo said he would not be surprised if North Korea carried out another missile test to advance its missile and nuclear programs.
But he rejected talk of the U.S. being on the "cusp of nuclear war."
"I've seen no intelligence to indicate we're in that place today," Pompeo said.
North Korea, according to the director, has been moving at an "ever alarming rate" to develop nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles.
"Each time they test another missile, or if they should conduct a nuclear weapons test, they develop expertise. They expand the envelope," he said.
U.S. President Donald Trump has made clear how the U.S. will respond to North Korea's provocations, and hopefully, the regime will understand, Pompeo added.
Read the full story at Yonhap