Retired CIA Director James Woolsey has claimed that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un "may have more up his sleeve" than firing a nuclear missile at the United States.

Woolsey, a former CIA chief under the Clinton administration, told CNN on Friday that what Kim may have up his sleeve is a little worse than firing a nuclear missile at the United States.

He said that the North can launch a satellite into orbit, which is actually easier to do than to hit a target on the other side of the Earth.

Woolsey said that if that satellite contains a small nuclear weapon and it is detonated over a target, like the United States, it can be devastating to the electric grid.

The former CIA chief said that the North may be able to detonate something inside a satellite that is in orbit, which is extremely troubling.

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