North Korea Has Two Nuclear Warheads for Missile, Kyodo Reports

Bloomberg
3/31/09

By Stuart Biggs

North Korea has two nuclear warheads it can load on its mid-range Rodong missile, Japan’s Kyodo News
reported, citing an analyst at the International Crisis Group, a non-government organization.

The warheads were built using plutonium extracted from North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear plant, Kyodo
reported, citing Daniel Pinkston, who said he got the information from a government official without divulging
which country.

South Korean and U.S. intelligence officials have obtained evidence of the warheads, Pinkston told Kyodo.

North Korea said earlier this month it plans to fire a rocket carrying a satellite into orbit between April 4 and 8.
South Korea and the U.S. suspect the launch is a cover for a test of a long-range ballistic missile, which would
be a breach of a United Nations resolution.
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