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I am not able to get into an intelligence analysis one way or the other here. I would simply say that we continue to monitor North Korean progression in their nuclear ambitions as well as their ballistic missile technology and program,
Kirby said in an online press briefing That is exactly why or one of the reasons why President Biden has worked so hard to revitalize a network of alliances and partnerships in the region. It is also why he has devoted more, in particular, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets, prioritizing those for the area on and around the Korean Peninsula,
He went round the control room of the uranium enrichment base to learn about the overall operation of the production lines,
KCNA said, and was pleased to see the base "dynamically producing nuclear materials." Any nuclear threat or provocation by North Korea will be met with an overwhelming and strong response from our government and military, based on the solid extended deterrence of the South Korea-US alliance,
the unification ministry said The Kim regime may also be flaunting that it still enjoys diplomatic and economic support from Russia and China, despite its nuclear buildup,
Overall, we should not assume that North Korea will be as constrained as it once was by fissile material limitations. This is especially true for highly enriched uranium, where North Korea is significantly less constrained in its ability to scale up than it is with plutonium,
For analysts outside the country, the released images will provide a valuable source of information for rectifying our assumptions about how much material North Korea may have amassed to date,
said Ankit Panda, an expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Overall, the message they are trying to send is that their nuclear capability is not just an empty threat, but that they are continuing to produce (bomb fuel),
It shows how advanced their enrichment capability has become, which gives greater credibility to both their ability and commitment to increasing their nuclear weapons arsenals,
It is also a message demanding other countries to acknowledge North Korea as a nuclear state,
Kim also appears to suggest that North Korean tactical nuclear weapons designs may primarily rely on uranium for their cores,
The KPA should be fully ready to check the enemy at once and mercilessly and completely repress them even if a war breaks out at once today,