Tuesday, April 12, 2016

North Korea Is Starting To Unveil More Details On Its Arms Program

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks at a rocket warhead tip after a simulated test of atmospheric re-entry of a ballistic missile, at an unidentified location in this undated file photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on March 15, 2016. REUTERS/KCNA/Files

Reuters: Declassified: Secretive North Korea lifts veil on arms program

Ahead of a rare ruling party Congress next month, secretive North Korea is revealing details of its weapons development program for the first time, showcasing its push to develop long-range nuclear missiles despite international sanctions.

Until recently, information on the North's weapons program was hard to come by, with foreign governments and experts relying on satellite imagery, tiny samples of atomic particles collected after nuclear tests and mangled parts and materials recovered from long-range rocket launches.

No longer. In just over a month, the North has published articles with technicolor photographic detail on a range of tests and other activities that point to fast-paced efforts to build a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

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Update: North Korea’s Large Rocket Engine Test: A Significant Step Forward for Pyongyang’s ICBM Program -- 38 North

WNU editor: The North Koreans are doing this because they feel confident with what they are accomplishing .... in short .... developing a very active and deadly weapons program.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

A weapon nobody believes you are capable of using isn't much of a deterrent.