North Korea has enough HEU to make up to 6 bombs
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SEOUL - North Korea is presumed to have sufficient stockpiles of weapons-grade highly enriched uranium to build three to six atomic bombs, a local nuclear expert said Wednesday.
The communist state is thought to be planning to conduct a third nuclear test soon in what appears to be a move to make up for last month's botched rocket and raise its bargaining power with the West.
As the North claims it has some 2,000 centrifuges in operation, it is believed to have produced some 40 kilograms of HEU a year ? enough to produce one or two bombs annually.
Assuming that the North turned its military nuclear program from a plutonium-based one to an HEU one in 2009, the expert, who declined to be named, said that Pyongyang might have developed three to six bombs over the last two or three years.
Taking the world by surprise, the North unveiled its uranium enrichment facility at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon to American scientist Siegfried Hecker in November 2010.
"We presume that the North began its uranium enrichment research since the late 1980s. The scale of its enrichment facility and the level of nuclear technology have yet to be known," the expert said.
"There is a high possibility that the North uses the technology for military purposes and has centrifuges at a separate third place."
The North has its nuclear test site in Gilju, North Hamgyeong Province
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good, china will be the firts one to be affected. but since its near to south korean taiwan and hong kong and japan, i fear for the safety of the women there. they should quickly mugrate to singapore we take good care of them while their men fight the nroth koreans. if the bomb explode in cheena, it will easily kil of a better part of their population
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you must really hate the PRCs
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This North Korea is like a pimple on the planet that refuse to burst...
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Originally posted by FunGuyWorkaholic:
This North Korea is like a pimple on the planet that refuse to burst...
The other pimple is Israel. These two will keep the U.S diplomatic agenda busy for a while.
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Originally posted by Dalforce 1941:
The other pimple is Israel. These two will keep the U.S diplomatic agenda busy for a while.
I think you mean Iran... -
I meant Israel. Iran doesn't have nukes and doesn't kill.
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Originally posted by Dalforce 1941:
I meant Israel. Iran doesn't have nukes and doesn't kill.
Oh... I was saying that because I think Israel and US are quite close allies... maybe their relations have worsen? -
Originally posted by FunGuyWorkaholic:
Oh... I was saying that because I think Israel and US are quite close allies... maybe their relations have worsen?U.S have to spend energy to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict and to bail out Israel whenever it commits aggression. So U.S have to spend energy on Israel and North Korea.
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really, some extremists will rather have it this way:
Someone provokes an incident with Israel such that Israel launches its nukes at will
how about that?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vvE59Dz1Ew&feature=related
weapon test videos reviewed.
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in short, make them throw nukes at each other
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I think a war between DPRK and U.S will benefit China if U.S is severely damaged in the war.
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they just want the bomb as deterrent and bargaining chip. dun think they will ever get to used the nukes on anyone. a war is no good for either countries. in any war, you dun win, you lose.
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just fly a nuke into the city center and detonate it. this will kill a majority of the population