The North Korean Ballistic Missile Program

Author : Daniel A. Pinkston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Ballistic missiles
ISBN : UVA:X006149800

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The North Korean Ballistic Missile Program by Daniel A. Pinkston Pdf

North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs have drawn international attention for years. In the early 1960s, Pyongyang began to pursue the capability to produce advanced weapons systems, including rockets and missiles. However, foreign assistance and technology, particularly from China and the Soviet Union, were instrumental in the acquisition of these capabilities. The ballistic missile inventory now totals about 800 road-mobile missiles, including about 200 Nodong missiles that could strike Japan. In April 2007, North Korea for the first time displayed two new missiles: a short-range tactical missile that poses a threat to Seoul and U.S. Forces in South Korea, and an intermediate-range missile that could potentially strike Guam. Although North Korea has not demonstrated the ability to produce a nuclear warhead package for its missiles, its missiles are believed to be capable of delivering chemical and possibly biological munitions. North Korean media and government officials claim the country needs a nuclear deterrent to cope with the "hostile policy of the United States," but Pyongyang has never officially abandoned its objective of "completing the revolution in the south." Little is known about North Korean military doctrine and the role of its ballistic missiles, but National Defense Commission Chairman Kim Ch*ong-il has ultimate authority over their disposition.

Author : Strategic Studies Institute,Daniel A. Pinkston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 1312288876

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The North Korean Ballistic Missile Program by Strategic Studies Institute,Daniel A. Pinkston Pdf

North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs have drawn international attention for years. In the early 1960s, international and domestic political factors impelled Pyongyang to pursue an indigenous capability to produce advanced weapons systems, including rockets and missiles. However, North Korea actively sought foreign technology and assistance, particularly from China and the Soviet Union, to develop its missile capabilities. North Korea has now become a major missile exporter, creating instability in other regions of the world. The ballistic missile inventory now totals about 800 road-mobile missiles, including about 200 Nodong missiles that could strike Japan. In April 2007, North Korea displayed two new missiles: a short-range tactical missile that poses a threat to Seoul and U.S. Forces in South Korea, and an intermediate-range missile that could potentially strike Guam.

Author : Markus Schiller
Publisher : RAND Corporation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0833076213

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Characterizing the North Korean Nuclear Missile Threat by Markus Schiller Pdf

The security community generally believes that North Korea has a relatively sophisticated guided ballistic missile program. This report questions this view and seeks to better characterize the North Korean missile threat. The author compares the available data on the North Korean missile program against five hypotheses about the program's origins, sophistication, and scale, highlighting inconsistencies.

Author : Andrew Scobell,John M. Sanford,Daniel A. Pinkston,Strategic Studies Institute,U.S. Congress,Donald Trump
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9788026879961

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THE TRUE FORCE OF NORTH KOREA: Military, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Ballistic Missiles, Including Reaction of the U.S. Government to the Korean Military Threat by Andrew Scobell,John M. Sanford,Daniel A. Pinkston,Strategic Studies Institute,U.S. Congress,Donald Trump Pdf

North Korea is a country of paradoxes and contradictions. Although it remains an economic basket case that cannot feed and clothe its own people, it nevertheless possesses one of the world's largest armed forces. Whether measured in terms of the total number of personnel in uniform, numbers of special operations soldiers, the size of its submarine fleet, quantity of ballistic missiles in its arsenal, or its substantial weapons of mass destruction programs, Pyongyang is a major military power. Content: North Korea's Military Threat Conventional Forces Unconventional Forces Overall Conclusions The North Korean Ballistic Missile Program DPRK National Strategy and Motivations Historical Background of DPRK Missile Development Institutional Setting Conclusion U.S. Government Policy Toward North Korea Countering the North Korean Threat (New Steps in U.S. Policy) Pressuring North Korea (Evaluating Options) President Donald Trump on Current Crisis on the Korean Peninsula A Message to the Congress of the United States on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to North Korea Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to North Korea Statement from the President on North Korea's Second ICBM Launch Statement by President Donald J. Trump on North Korea About the Authors

Author : Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1984289225

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Sanctions, Diplomacy, and Information by Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives Pdf

On September 3rd, 2017, North Korea detonated a nuclear device that, according to news reports, was stronger than all of its previous tests combined. This hydrogen bomb represents the latest advancement in North Korea's long-running nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile program, which now pose an urgent threat to the United States. Moreover, the apparent speed in which these North Korean advancements have occurred are challenging the security structure across East Asia, creating dangerous instability in the region, and that instability we will likely be dealing with for decades to come. So today, this committee is going to discuss the tools that must be deployed and fully utilized to address these threats. We need to use every ounce of leverage. That leverage includes sanctions, it includes diplomacy, it includes projecting information into North Korea to put maximum pressure on this rogue regime. Time is running out. Sanctions can still have an important impact. North Korea's advanced weapons programs rely on foreign-sourced technology. Much of these programs are made outside the country. North Korea pays an inordinate amount of money, and it has to have hard currency to do it, to run this very expensive ICBM program and this nuclear weapons program. Earlier this year, Treasury sanctioned the Bank of Dandong, a regional Chinese bank. But we must target major Chinese banks doing business with North Korea, such as China Merchants Bank, and even big state-owned banks, like the Agricultural Bank of China. They have a significant presence in the United States. And if they do not stop doing business with North Korea, they should be sanctioned now.

Author : Andrew Scobell,John M. Sanford,Daniel A. Pinkston,Strategic Studies Institute U.S. Congress,Donald Trump
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : EAN:4064066309770

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The True Military Power of North Korea by Andrew Scobell,John M. Sanford,Daniel A. Pinkston,Strategic Studies Institute U.S. Congress,Donald Trump Pdf

North Korea is a country of paradoxes and contradictions. Although it remains an economic basket case that cannot feed and clothe its own people, it nevertheless possesses one of the world's largest armed forces. This book provides the facts regarding the true force of North Korean Army and gives an assessment of its capability to harm the United States. North Korea's Military Threat Conventional Forces Unconventional Forces Overall Conclusions The North Korean Ballistic Missile Program DPRK National Strategy and Motivations Historical Background of DPRK Missile Development Institutional Setting Conclusion U.S. Government Policy Toward North Korea Countering the North Korean Threat (New Steps in U.S. Policy) Pressuring North Korea (Evaluating Options) President Donald Trump on Current Crisis on the Korean Peninsula A Message to the Congress of the United States on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to North Korea Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to North Korea Statement from the President on North Korea's Second ICBM Launch Statement by President Donald J. Trump on North Korea About the Authors

Author : Bruce W. Bennett,Kang Choi,Myong-Hyun Go,Bruce E. Bechtol,Jiyoung Park
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1977406769

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Countering the Risks of North Korean Nuclear Weapons by Bruce W. Bennett,Kang Choi,Myong-Hyun Go,Bruce E. Bechtol,Jiyoung Park Pdf

The authors argue that the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) should pursue firm deterrence of North Korean nuclear weapon use--which might soon pose a serious threat to the United States and the ROK--rather than relying on negotiations.

Author : Sung Chull Kim,Michael D. Cohen
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781626164543

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North Korea and Nuclear Weapons by Sung Chull Kim,Michael D. Cohen Pdf

North Korea is perilously close to developing strategic nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States and its East Asian allies. Since their first nuclear test in 2006, North Korea has struggled to perfect the required delivery systems. Kim Jong-un’s regime now appears to be close, however. Sung Chull Kim, Michael D. Cohen, and the volume contributors contend that the time to prevent North Korea from achieving this capability is virtually over; scholars and policymakers must turn their attention to how to deter a nuclear North Korea. The United States, South Korea, and Japan must also come to terms with the fact that North Korea will be able to deter them with its nuclear arsenal. How will the erratic Kim Jong-un behave when North Korea develops the capability to hit medium- and long-range targets with nuclear weapons? How will and should the United States, South Korea, Japan, and China respond, and what will this mean for regional stability in the short term and long term? The international group of authors in this volume address these questions and offer a timely analysis of the consequences of an operational North Korean nuclear capability for international security.

Author : James Clay Moltz,Alexandre Y. Mansourov
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0415923700

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The North Korean Nuclear Program by James Clay Moltz,Alexandre Y. Mansourov Pdf

Drawing on previously unpublished Russian archival materials, this book is the first detailed history and current analysis of the North Korean nuclear program. The contributors discuss Soviet-North Korean nuclear relations, economic and military aspects of the nuclear program, the nuclear energy sector, North Korea's negotiations with the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, cooperative security, and U.S. policy. Unique in its focus on North Korean attitudes and perspectives, The North Korean Nuclear Program also includes Russian interviews with North Korean officials.

Author : Andrew Scobell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Ballistic missiles
ISBN : OSU:32435079314936

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North Korea's Military Threat by Andrew Scobell Pdf

Author : Sung-wook Nam
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789813239982

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North Korean Nuclear Weapon And Reunification Of The Korean Peninsula by Sung-wook Nam Pdf

This book explains the origin and historical development of North Korean nuclear weapon dated from the aftermath of World War II. The story of North Korea's nuclear program began when the United States dropped atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 which led to Japan's immediate defeat. Surprised by the speed of Japan's surrender, North Korea's founding leader Kim Il-sung vowed to secure nuclear capability to avoid suffering the fate of its eastern neighbor. Based on the author's extensive experience in the academia, government, and intelligence circles, the book traces how the nuclear program has evolved since and explores wide-ranging issues including the positive function of nuclear weapon in Pyongyang's local politics, the history of negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang, the prospects of denuclearization in the Korean Peninsula, the diplomatic and military options presented to US President Donald Trump in dealing with the nuclear threat, and the future scenarios of the North Korean regime and the possibilities of a reunified Korea.With the nuclear weapon crisis likely to persist in the foreseeable time, is it feasible for South Korea to achieve reunification in the Korean Peninsula? Will the six-party members like the US, China, Russia and Japan agree with reunification without denuclearization? Can the issues of nuclear weapon and unification be settled simultaneously in the future? The book seeks to address these questions and more.

Author : Kwang Ho Chun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Ballistic missiles
ISBN : OSU:32435082884974

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North Korea's Nuclear Question by Kwang Ho Chun Pdf

Introduction -- Nuclear weapons, motivation, and sense of vulnerability -- A historical review of North Korea's perceived vulnerability and its nuclear program -- The height of the Cold War (1950-68) -- Détente and rapprochement (1969-89) -- The collapse of the Communist bloc and its aftermath : from the late 1980s to the Framework Agreement -- Following the 1994 Framework Agreement -- Conclusion.

Author : Morton I. Abramowitz,Morton Abramowitz,James T. Laney
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780876092811

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Testing North Korea: The Next Stage in U.S. and ROK Policy by Morton I. Abramowitz,Morton Abramowitz,James T. Laney Pdf

This task force, co-chaired by Morton I. Abramowitz and James T. Laney, argues that successful implementation of the Agreed Framework between the United States and North Korea, which froze Pyongyang's known nuclear program in exchange for two light-water reactors and other economic benefits, faces considerable challenges.

Author : David Albright,Kevin O'Neill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110113045

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Solving the North Korean Nuclear Puzzle by David Albright,Kevin O'Neill Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061637349

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North Korean Missile Proliferation by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services Pdf