U.S. News & World Report January 27, 2003
The North Korean threat
The Two Koreas
NORTH
POPULATION: 22.2 million
GDP: $ 21.8 billion*
GDP per capita: $ 1,000*
SOUTH
48.3 million
GDP: $ 865 billion*
GDP per capita $ 18,000*
Figures are estimates
* Adjusted for purchasing-power differences
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CHINA
RUSSIA
NORTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA
Sea of Japan
Korea Bay
Nuclear-reactor site
Nuclear-related facility
Missile-production facility
Pyongyang
Yongbyon
Seoul
Demilitarized zone
TAEPO DONG-2
In development.
The estimated 2,500 to 3,700-mile range could enable it to strike Alaska.
UNDER THE GUN
North Korea's current midrange ballistic missiles, No Dong and Taepo Dong-1, could carry chemical or nuclear warheads against South Korea, Japan, Russia, and China.
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RUSSIA
CHINA
N. KOREA
JAPAN
S. KOREA
Pacific Ocean
Alaska
Taepo Dong-2: Estimated range 2,500 miles - 3,700 miles
Taepo Dong-1: 900 miles
No Dong missile: 600 miles
Military Might
CHINA
Nuclear warheads 410
Military forces 2.3 million
RUSSIA
Nuclear warheads 20,000
Military forces 1 million
JAPAN
Nuclear warheads 0
Military forces 239,800
U.S. troops in Japan 38,330
NORTH KOREA
Nuclear warheads 1 or 2
Military forces 1.08 million
SOUTH KOREA
Nuclear warheads 0
Military forces 683,000
U.S. troops in S. Korea 37,000
UNITED STATES
Nuclear warheads 10,700
Military forces 1.4 million
Sources: CIA World Factbook, 2002; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Globalsecurity.org; Center for Nonproliferation Studies; Monterey Institute for International Studies; Korea image from MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA/GSFC
Graphic by Stephen Rountree--USN&WR
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