a nuclear facility on Wednesday . " The nuclear warheads have been standardised to be fit for ballistic missiles by miniaturising them , " state news agency KCNA quoted him as saying . " This can be called true nuclear deterrent , " he added .
NATO member Turkey hosts American troops and warplanes at its Incirlik Air Base , an important staging area for the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria . The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford tried to soothe strained ties with Turkey during a visit to Incirlik and Ankara just over a week ago . In Ankara he inspectedinspection.sensoryobserve.nathe damage inflicted by the plotters ’ fighter jets on the Turkish parliament building . U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to visit Turkey on Aug. 24 . Turkish authorities have said the country ’s intelligence service has cracked into several smartphone messaging apps that Gulen ’s followers used to communicate with each other in the years ahead of the coup attempt and was able to trace tens of thousands of people from the group .