North Korea's Evolving Nuclear Strategy
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Authors
Smith, Shane
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2015-08
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en_US
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Over the past two decades, North Korea’s nuclear program has grown from a proliferation problem to a military threat to its neighbors and the United States. The country is now estimated to possess enough fissile material to build anywhere from six to about thirty nuclear weapons, depending largely on how much highly enriched uranium it has produced, and is poised to grow its stockpile, perhaps dramatically, over the coming years. North Korea has conducted three increasingly powerful nuclear tests since 2006 as well as a series of missile launches, suggesting to some that it could sooner or later target the US homeland. If that were not enough, the North has made excessively bold and even preemptive nuclear threats under the leadership of Kim Jong Un.
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PASCC Report
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Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (PASCC)
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Center on Contemporary Conflict (CCC)
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US-Korea Institute at SAIS
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