MILITARY
Neemt Noord-Korea een loopje met denuclearisatie?
July 5, 2018 -
Mike Pompeo travels to North Korea in an effort to press the Mike Pompeo reist naar Noord-Korea in een poging druk op het regime in Pyongyang te zetten om zich aan verplichtingen te houden,
die het volgens de VS bij de top van vorige maand in Singapore heeft afgesproken.
Maar recente rapportages, die melden dat Noord-Korea zijn wapenprogramma voortzet, ondanks beloftes tot denuclearisering, zaaien twijfel over de oprechtheid van de vredesbesprekingen.
An NBC News report quoted U.S. officials saying U.S. intelligence agencies believe North Korea has increased production of fuel for nuclear weapons at multiple secret sites in recent months.
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California, issued a report saying recent satellite imagery showed North Korea was completing a major expansion of a key manufacturing plant for solid-fuel missiles.
And 38 North, a North Korea monitoring project affiliated with Washington’s Stimson Center think tank, said satellite imagery showed the North had been upgrading its Yongbyon nuclear complex.
- North Korea Has Continued Ballistic Missile Launcher Production in 2018 (The Diplomat)
- North Korea working to conceal key aspects of its nuclear program (Washington Post)
- North Korea satellite images show missile plant construction (CNN)
- North Korea has increased nuclear production at secret sites (NBC News)
- Infrastructure Improvements at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Research Facility (38 North)