Wednesday, June 15, 2016

North Korea "Upping" Its Nuclear Weapons Production



Reuters: Exclusive: North Korea may be 'significantly' upping nuclear bomb output - report

North Korea may be significantly expanding its nuclear weapons production and could have added six or more weapons to its stockpile in the last 18 months, a U.S. research institute said on Tuesday.

The Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) estimated last year that North Korea had 10 to 16 nuclear weapons at the end of 2014. It based that conclusion on an analysis of the country's production of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium recovered from spent nuclear fuel.

In revised estimates contained in a report provided to Reuters, the institute's David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini said North Korea may have added another four to six weapons since then, for a total of 13 to 21 or even more today.

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More News On North Korea "Upping" Its Nuclear Weapons Production

Exclusive: North Korea may be 'significantly' upping nuclear bomb output - report -- Reuters
North Korea may have 21 nukes or more: U.S. think-tank -- AFP
North Korea Added At Least 6 Nuclear Weapons In 18 Months: US Think Tank -- IBTimes
North Korea may be in process of ramping up nuclear weapons: report -- DW
North Korea may now have more than 21 nuclear bombs – US think tank -- Asian Correspondent

1 comment:

Unknown said...

The time to decapitate the North Korean regime is now or else they will accumulate enough nuclear weapons to cause serious damage.