North Korea and weapons of mass
destruction
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History
By 2002,
Pakistan had admitted that North Korea had gained access to Pakistan's nuclear
technology in the late 1990s.[18]
Delivery systems
In the 1990s,
North Korea sold medium-sized nuclear capable missiles to Pakistan in a deal facilitated by China.[106]
Operational / successfully tested
Pukkuksong-1 – a long-range, solid-fueled, SLBM. Also called the
KN-11 by the Defense Department. Possibly derived from the Chinese JL-1 SLBM.[121]
Suspected China involvement on proliferation of SLBM technologies to North Korea[edit]
On 3
September 2016, a US expert named Bruce Bechtol who is a North Korea expert at Angelo State
University and another
South Korean national security researcher named Shin Jong-woo claimed that
China must have provided North Korea the relevant SLBM technologies so that it
took just a mere 4 months to complete the first successful Cold launch Test
(23 April 2016) to first complete test (24 August 2016) and further claimed that
the Pukkuksong-1 is a carbon-copy of the first China's SLBM, JL-1.[52] In
a comparison, China took 15 years to develop JL-1.[52] Bruce
Bechtol also stated that his analysis is supported by space program expert Tal
Inbar of Israel's Fisher Institute as well.[52] However, Dave Schmerler, an expert with
the James Martin Center of Non Proliferation Studies noted that the North
Korean missile used a single engine design (the JL-1 used 4 engines) and grid
fins for flight stability, features which are not found on the Chinese JL-1 and
urge caution in jumping to conclusions. He added that the single engine design
was more in common with the Iranian Sejjil MRBM
than the JL-1.[53]
References
106.
Ravi
Shekhar Narain Singh (2005). Asian Strategic And Military Perspective. Lancer Publishers. ISBN 817062245X
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