North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: Latest Developments

Abstract

On October 9, 2006, North Korea conducted a nuclear test, with a yield of under 1 kiloton (vice the anticipated 4-kiloton yield) . The United States and other countries condemned the test and the U.N. Security Council passed Resolution 1718 on October 14, which requires North Korea to refrain from nuclear or missile tests, rejoin the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), and dismantle its WMD programs. The test is the latest provocative act of many since 2002, when North Korea ended an eight-year freeze on its plutonium production program, expelled international inspectors and restarted facilities. North Korea may now have enough Pu for eight to ten weapons, having continued its production throughout the fits and starts of the Six-Party Talks. This report will be updated as needed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 18, 2006
Accession Number
ADA467222

Entities

People

  • Sharon Squassoni

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Explosives
  • Fissile Materials
  • High Explosives
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • International Security
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • New York
  • North Korea
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Production
  • Security
  • United States
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security