Foreign Correspondence

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North Korea has at least eight atomic weapons

Note:
North Korea has ballistic missile capable of hitting US.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/02/12/us.nkorea/

U.S. President George Bush is rushing to install 10 wobbly interceptor rockets in California and Alaska this year, to "shoot down" any missiles North Korea might be crazy enough to launch. But this "Star Wars lite" scheme is more fantasy than fact, as eminent Canadians like Nobel laureate John Polanyi have pointed out.
The cost is real: $20 billion.
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North Korea talks set as U.S. sees more risk
NYT Friday, April 30, 2004
SEOUL The six countries negotiating the North Korean nuclear standoff will hold low-level meetings on May 12 in Beijing to lay the groundwork for the next round of talks, South Korea and China said Thursday.

The apparent breakthrough comes as the United States reportedly is preparing to upgrade its estimate of North Korea's nuclear arsenal to at least eight atomic weapons from its longstanding estimate of "possibly two." The report, disputed by Seoul, is being prepared by U.S. intelligence officials to account for strides North Korea has made since last year, when it restarted its nuclear reactor and plutonium reprocessing facility in Yongbyon, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified officials involved in the revision of the estimate.

The officials also have concluded that a separate uranium-based nuclear program will be operational by 2007, producing enough material for as many as six more weapons a year, the report said.


http://www.iht.com/articles/517801.html