Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Assessing North Korea's WMDs

Kim Tae Young told legislators during a parliamentary audit of his ministry's work that there are about 100 sites related to the nuclear programme and they have a complete list of them. Photo: AFP

North Korea Can Unleash 13 Types Of Biological Agent, South Korea Says -- Times Online

North Korea’s armed forces are capable of carrying out 13 kinds of viral and bacterial attack, the South Korean Government said yesterday in one of the most detailed assessments of the dictatorship’s biological weapons arsenal.

In a submission to the South Korean National Assembly, the Defence Minister also said that the North had 5,000 tonnes of chemical weapons, believed to include mustard gas, phosgene and sarin. Among its biological agents are cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, typhus, typhoid fever and dysentery.

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More News On North Korea's Weapon Systems

N Korea said to have 13 bacterial weapons -- Brisbane Times
N.Korea said to have 13 types of biological weapons: military -- Asia One/AFP
N. Korea Has 13 Types of Biological Weapons -- Korea Times
N.Korea has 100 nuke sites -- Strait Times
Japan PM, S Korea president denounce N Korea nuke, missile progs -- Itar/Tass
FACTBOX-A look at North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions -- Reuters

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