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Brussels ‘totally unprepared’ for nuke attack by Kim Jong-Un

THE heart of the EU could be hit at any time by a devastating nuclear attack launched by Kim Jong- Un, a top expert has warned.

What’s more, Belgium – the administrative base of the bloc – is totally unprepared for the cataclysm, which could rip out the vital machinery of the EU’s operation at a stroke.

Jong- Un’s intercontinental missiles, which can travel more than 6,200 miles, could reach Belgium and devastate the European Commission and European Parliament.

Thousands of EU politicians and civil servants would be killed in an attack – crippling everything from international trade to enforcing the rules on bendy bananas.

As tensions rise between North Korea and the rest of the world, security expert Bruno Hellendorf pointed out: “Brussels is closer to Pyongyang than New York.”

Mr Hellendorf, of the Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security, added: “Clearly Europe and Belgium are not paying enough attention to this threat.”

Last Saturday, the United Nations hit North Korea with new sanctions as punishment for its tests of intercontinental ballistic missile tests.

Pyongyang is also pushing ahead with nuclear research, raising fears that dictator Kim, who threatened to “end the U. S.”, could order a nuclear strike.

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North Korea said it would never take a single step back from building its arsenal after increased pressure from China and the States.

The EU was distracted by the Middle East, Africa and Russia, according to Mr Hellendorf, and there was not enough political will to do more on North Korea than sanctions.

The Belgian defence ministry said North Korea was under surveillance like other countries and that it also received info on the so- called Hermit Kingdom from NATO.

Any retaliation in the event of an attack would not just involve the Belgian Army but also other NATO members, the ministry said.

Roger Housen, strategic advisor of the military union ACMPCGPM, said there was no Belgian surveillance of North Korea.

“If North Korea attacks, we [ Belgium] are not ready,” he said.

The threat is being taken more seriously closer to North Korea as Pyongyang has increased the number of nuclear tests.

So far this year it has carried out 14 missile tests, all of them fired towards the coast of Japan.

In Sakata, Japan, they are practising what to do if the town is hit by a North Korean missile.

A local taking part in the tests said: “It is very scary. I do not know where to run if there is a missile strike.”

Another participant added: “We are told to hit the ground or hide behind a wall, but will that really help?

“Will that really protect us if a missile falls here. I wonder?”