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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Since Spanky says that CRS reports are good authority, this summary from one repeats what I've been saying:
- North Korea ended the eight-year freeze on its nuclear program in late 2002, expelling international inspectors and restarting plutonium production facilities. Before then, the CIA estimated that North Korea might have enough plutonium (Pu) for 1 or 2 weapons. Since then, North Korea may have reprocessed the 8000 spent fuel rods previously under seal at Yongbyon, yielding enough Pu for 6 or 8 weapons. In 2005, North Korea announced it had nuclear weapons and was building more. It restarted construction on two larger reactors, and shut down its small reactor, possibly to extract plutonium.
Now you post a link to something that says that what I've said is incorrect.
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I've been away, so maybe I missed it, but do we actually believe that North Korea detonated a nuke? I have seen at least one suggestion that maybe they didn't, but I don't really know. I would certainly not put it past them to try to fake it.
