Doomsday weapon has the longest range of any ballistic missile in the world and carries up to 10 super destructive warheads

China has allegedly tested a weapon of mass destruction capable of hitting London and other major European or American cities in just 30 minutes.

The People's Republic reportedly fired a nuke called the Dongfeng-41, which has the longest range of any missile in the world.

It can carry up to 10 warheads over a distance of roughly 7,450 miles in just half an hour before hitting several targets at once.

This would mean Beijing could destroy the whole of London - which is slightly more than 5,000 miles from the Chinese capital - or wipe out any city in the West.

Pentagon sources told the Washington Beacon that the nuke had been detected by American satellites.

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The development is likely to make American military chiefs extremely nervous.

Previous reports have indicated the Dongfeng-41 could be operational at some point during 2016.

Mark Stokes, an expert on the Chinese military and ex-Pentagon analyst, said: "China and Russia are increasingly coordinating their military forces against the Untied States and that China’s program of enabling North Korea and Iran to become nuclear missile powers is nearing completion.”

A number of states near China are now armed with weapons of mass destruction.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un now has nuclear weapons - and could soon be able to target America and Japan.

Kim, 33, was recently pictured standing next to what was thought to be a miniaturised weapon.

Miniaturisation is achieved when the nuclear warhead weighs less than 2,200 lb and the diameter of the bomb measures 35 inches or less.

In state media, Kim was quoted as saying: "We must always be ready to fire our nuclear warheads at any time."

Now, a South Korean government report has confirmed the miniaturised 660lb nuclear warhead is at his disposal.

The National Assembly Research Service said the warheads could be mounted on missiles.

It is feared North Korea now had between eight and 20 miniaturised warheads.

The claims came as the US senate was warned it is only a matter of time before Kim had long-range missiles capable of hitting America and Japan.

General Vincent Brooks told the Armed Services Committee that Kim was determined to build rockets which could target the US.

He said: "Over time, I believe we're going to see them acquire these capabilities if they're not stopped."

General Brooks replied: "I'm very concerned about the direction he's going, and it's evident that he's not yet deterred from his pursuit."

The US has 28,500 troops in South Korea. They have kept a military presence there since the end of the Korean War in 1953.

The two Koreas technically remain at war, as the conflict ended in an armistice instead of a peace treaty.

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China supported the North in the Korean War but has become increasingly exasperated by the antics of Kim, who came to power after the death of his father Kim Jong-il in 2011.

Pyongyang last week conducted a test of what appeared to be a medium-range missile, but the rocket suffered a catastrophic failure on launch.

Washington and Seoul may deploy the Theater High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD), to protect against ballistic missiles from the North.

South Korea pointed out that it took the US seven years to miniaturise a nuclear warhead in the 1960's while the Soviet Union took six and China only two years.

North Korea is thought to be planning another nuclear test in the run-up to its Party Congress on May 7. Some experts believe Kim's missiles have a longer range than previously assessed.

The test this month revealed the KN-08 first stage uses Musudan rather than No Dong engines, along with a more capable fuel.

That means the KN-08 would be able to reach throughout the US, including New York City and Washington, rather than only the Pacific Northwest.

(mirror.co.uk)

A view of the Israeli nuclear facility in the Negev Desert outside Dimona (file photo)

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Israel’s arsenal of nuclear and chemical weapons is the “main threat” to the Middle East.

Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks during a Wednesday meeting with Head of UN Security Council Joint Investigative Mechanism on Chemical Weapon Use in Syria Virginia Gamba.

The Tel Aviv regime, which pursues a policy of so-called deliberate ambiguity about its nuclear bombs, is estimated to have 200 to 400 nuclear warheads in its arsenal. The regime has refused to allow inspections of its military nuclear facilities or to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Chemical weapons use in Syria

Referring to the use of chemical weapons by terrorist groups in Syria, Amir-Abdollahian stressed that “the international community has not done enough to address the matter.”

In response to Gamba’s call for cooperation, he said that Iran is willing to aid the joint investigative committee in identifying the culprits behind chemical attacks in the war-torn Arab country.

The deputy foreign minister stressed that Iran condemns the use of any kind of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical weapons.

On April 7, 23 people were killed and over 100 others injured in a chemical attack by Daesh terrorists against members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units in a neighborhood of the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo. The incident occurred three days after reports that Daesh had fired a barrage of rockets carrying mustard gas at a Syrian military airport in the eastern city of Dayr al-Zawr.

Last year, the UN mandated a probe dubbed the Joint Investigative Mechanism after evidence emerged that Takfiri militants had used chlorine gas in attacks on three Syrian villages in 2014 which claimed the lives of at least 13 people.