North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Development and Diplomacy

Abstract

Since August 2003, negotiations over North Korea's nuclear weapons programs have involved six governments: the United States, North Korea, China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia. Since the talks began, North Korea has operated nuclear facilities at Yongbyon and apparently has produced weapons-grade plutonium estimated as sufficient for five to eight atomic weapons. North Korea tested a plutonium nuclear device in October 2006 and apparently a second device in May 2009. North Korea admitted in June 2009 that it has a program to enrich uranium; the United States had cited evidence of such a program since 2002. There also is substantial information that North Korea has engaged in collaborative programs with Iran and Syria aimed at producing nuclear weapons.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 05, 2010
Accession Number
ADA514150

Entities

People

  • Larry Niksch

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Construction
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Foreign Relations
  • Fuel Oils
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Materials Laboratories
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Bombs
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Personnel Management
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

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