Chinese experts believe North Korea could have more than 20-nuclear warheads

#northkorea #nuclearwarheads #china #pyongyang #KimJongUn As per US estimates, North Korea has 10 nuclear warheads but, Chinese nuclear experts believe that North Korea actually has over 20 and have predicted that its stockpile of weapons could grow to 50 or even 100 within five years. This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 24 April 2015.

The Chinese experts have also cautioned that North Korea may also have the capability to produce enough weapons-grade uranium to double its arsenal by next year. Obviously, this revised estimates of Pyongyang's nuclear production is as per the Chinese and has been passed on to US nuclear specialists. The previous US forecasts was of between 10 to 16 bombs.
Incidentally, experts at the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies have revealed that North Korea has conducted three nuclear detonations, the latest one being in February 2013.
It may be recalled that US Admiral William Gortney, commander of the US Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, had indicated that the US military believes North Korea has the ability to miniaturize a warhead and mount it on a ballistic missile. Of course, there had been no tests carried out. And, one such rocket is an intercontinental missile. Theoretically, it could strike California since it has been designed to carry a payload of more than 5,000 miles.
Kim Jong-Un has kept the whole world on tenterhooks as far as his country’s nuclear programs – he has kept everyone guessing because last month Hyun Hak-bong, the country's ambassador to the UK, had issued a threat that North Korea would be prepared to use nuclear weapons. He had claimed that the secretive state could launch a deadly warhead 'anytime'.

North Korea has nuclear warheads, can launch them if America attacks first

#northkorea #keyresolve #foaleagle #nuclearwarhead North Korea's ambassador to the UK has revealed that it is in possession of nuclear warheads and would not hesitate to use them. This chilling warning that his country would be prepared to use nuclear weapons has been made by Hyun Hak-bong in the course of a talk at the North Korean embassy in west London. This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 20 March 2015. He has claimed that North Korea, the secretive state, could launch a deadly warhead 'anytime'. He has warned that his country is a peace loving country and if a sparkle of a fire is made on the Korean peninsula, it will lead to a nuclear war. It is not that the US has a monopoly on nuclear weapons strikes. Observers feel this threat has come against the backdrop of annual US/South Korean military exercises because the North looks upon it as preparation for a possible invasion. These are annual exercises known as the Foal Eagle and Key Resolve exercises and these go on for several weeks involving hundreds of thousands of troops from both South Korea and the US.

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