Seoul: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has vowed to increase his nuclear arsenal. The country has offered a rare glimpse of it. State media reported on Friday that leader Kim Jong Un visited the area where the nuclear production factory is located. He also called for strong efforts to “rapidly” increase the number of its nuclear weapons. Where nuclear weapons are being produced. It is not clear whether this location is in North Korea’s main Yongbyon nuclear complex or not, but this is North Korea’s first public disclosure of the uranium enrichment facility.
Although Kim Jong Un’s new move is North Korea’s first public disclosure about a uranium enrichment facility since it revealed the location of a nuclear reactor at Yongbyon to US scholars in 2010, the disclosure is likely an attempt to put more pressure on the US and its allies. The photos released by North Korean media of the area could provide an important source of information for outsiders to estimate the amount of nuclear material produced by North Korea.
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During a visit to a nuclear weapons institute and a production base for weapons-grade nuclear materials, Kim “repeatedly expressed great satisfaction at the amazing technical power of the nuclear energy sector” of North Korea, the official Korean Central News Agency reported. KCNA said Kim visited the control room of a uranium enrichment base and a construction site that will expand its ability to make nuclear weapons.
North Korean state media images showed Kim walking along long rows of tall grey tubes manned by scientists, but KCNA did not say when Kim visited the facilities or where they were located. KCNA said Kim stressed the need to further increase the number of centrifuges to “rapidly increase nuclear weapons for self-defense,” a goal he has repeatedly reiterated in recent years. Kim also ordered officials to advance the introduction of a new type of centrifuge, which has reached its completion stage, the agency said.
Tag: Kim Jong Un, North Korea
first published : September 13, 2024, 09:25 IST
