Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
1990 North Korea Special Weapons News
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- DEVELOPMENT IN KOREA -- HON. JIM LEACH (Extension of Remarks - July 27, 1990) While most of us in the Congress believe that normalization of relations should await North Korean acceptance of IAEA nuclear safeguards and real progress in the North-South dialogue, if the present positive trends continue it may well be in the United States interest to heighten our level of informal and formal contact with North Korea.
- THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY IN THE 1990'S (Senate - June 07, 1990) Several Third World states, including Iraq and North Korea, have advanced nuclear weapon development programs.
- THE PRESIDENT'S ASIAN STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK REPORT: THE NEED FOR A CONTINUING UNITED STATES MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE PACIFIC, JAPAN, AND SOUTH KOREA (Senate - May 03, 1990) There is still a threat of conflict on the Korean peninsula despite the progress made by our South Korean allies in their defense forces. Unfortunately, the North Koreans continue to add to their combat capabilities by acquiring more sophisticated weapons from the Soviet Union, by a massive investment in domestic production, and by aggressively seeking to manufacture nuclear weapons.
- NORTH KOREAN THREAT -- (BY PETER ALMOND) (Extension of Remarks - April 26, 1990) A slow but continuing buildup of North Korean troops close to the demilitarized border with South Korea has prompted U.S. intelligence officials to reduce the warning time for a North Korean invasion to less than 24 hours.
- U.S. AWAITING DPRK RESPONSE TO 1988 STEPS By Robert F. Holden USIA 20 February 1990 -- While the United States did not expect an immediate response to its October 1988 efforts to draw North Korea out of its isolation, it is nevertheless disappointed that North Korea still has not responded to its overtures in a meaningful way, an administration official said.
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