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North Korea's One Ton Bomb?

Over at DefenseTech, I’ve got a post comparing recent defector claims that North Korea has a one ton nuclear device with current US intelligence community assessments as read by Paul and yours truly.

Late Update: I now have the full text of the report. They guy says that North Korea’s bomb uses 4 kg of the Pu. That’s the bare minimum for an all Pu pit. I don’t believe this guy. More in a bit …

Jeffrey Lewis

Writing on ACW 2004–2026

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis is the founding publisher of Arms Control Wonk.com. He is the Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. His also a non-resident affiliate at Stanford's Center for Security and International Cooperation and a Contributing Editor to Survival.

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