[학술논문] Planning for the Unthinkable: Countering a North Korean Nuclear Attack and Management of Post-Attack Scenarios
...in tensions initiated by North Korea in recent years this is particularly disturbing. A review of North Korea’s nuclear weapons capabilities reveals a two-track agenda consisting of both a plutonium (proven) and a highly enriched uranium (likely) program. Scenarios involving both of these programs show that North Korea—despite rather primitive capabilities—can deliver a nuclear weapon...
[학술논문] 북한의 핵 미사일 위협에 대한 일본의 군사 외교적 대응
...extensive non-nuclear military measures in order to cope with the North Korean threat while being less active in using diplomacy. Analysts estimate that North Korea had possessed 33 to 55 kilograms of plutonium enough for 6 to 13 nuclear devices. Two nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009 proved that North Korea had successfully produced nuclear devices. The only remaining missing link in determining whether North...
[학술논문] Should Japan go Nuclear?
In view of the changing security environment in Northeast Asia, stemming fromChina’s assertiveness in regional issues and North Korea’s nuclear weapons program,the threat perception in Japan has considerably heightened. This has triggered adebate domestically in Japan about whether it is an appropriate time to review itsnuclear option as a means of deterrence. Such thinking presupposes
[학위논문] 북한 핵무기와 미사일 전략에 관한 연구
...scientists, I consider that North Korea has developed 8 to 10 nuclear weapons as of the end of 2003; it might develop 20KT-powered 3 to 5 nuclear bombs before 1994, and may make 3 to 5 bombs with the plutonium extracted from the 8,000 spent fuel rods this year.
In relation to the development of the ballistic missile, the carrier of nuclear weapons, North Korea succeeded the blastoff of SCUD-B...