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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