Pyongyang would have 20 nuclear heads, according to the International Peace Research Institute in Stockholm. More, according to other estimates.
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countries with nuclear weapons (Russia, United States, China, France, United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, Israel), North Korea is the one whose capacities are most poorly known. According to estimates, published on June 13 in its annual report, of the International Peace Research Institute of Stockholm (SIPRI), the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (RPDC) would have 20 nuclear heads and would hold enough fissile material for Put this number to 45 or even 55. By comparison, Russia, the world’s leading nuclear power, has 5,977, ahead of the United States (5,428), China (350) and France (290).
The number of heads held by the RPDC, according to the SIPRI, is lower than that retained by the Arms Control Association, in Washington, which reported in a January 40 to 50 head report and a capacity of production of six to seven additional heads per year. The estimates of the Rand Corporation, research institution and development advising the American army, are however superior: the RPDC would have already had 67 to 116 nuclear bombs in 2020 and their number could increase to 150 or even 2427. The Moscow energy and security study center considers that in 2020 that the RPDC had enough fissile material to manufacture from 13 to 47 nuclear heads … These estimates, which essentially have intelligence services for sources, Vary depending on the calculation methods and approximations of the degree of advancement of RPDC nuclear technology. And they allow uncertainty to its capacities.
According to American and South Korean information, Pyongyang is in any case about to carry out a seventh nuclear test. Expected during the visit of President Joe Biden in Seoul in May, it did not take place but would be imminent. “North Korea has completed the preparations for a new nuclear test and I think it is only missing a political decision,” said South Korean Foreign Affairs, Park Jin on June 13. Washington announced a “fast” response without specifying its nature.
Chinese and Russian veto
China and Russia put their veto, on May 26, to a resolution proposed by the United States aimed at strengthening the sanctions against the RPDC for its missile fire. But it is not certain that he would the same for a nuclear test: on June 9, the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations said that Beijing did not wish to see North Korea carrying out a new test, and that The veto of China to American resolution aimed precisely to avoid this possibility. The thirty ballistic missile shots made in the past six months testifies to the technological advance of Pyongyang in this area.
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