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Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Weapons

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Capabilities

• Stockpile of up to 5,000 tons of chemical weapons
  • Capable of producing nerve gas, blood agents, and the mustard-gas family of chemical weapons
  • More Information on North Korea's chemical weapons
• Biological weapons: about 13 different lethal germs and viruses
  • Capable of producing over 1 ton of biological weapons annually
  • Aggressively pursuing bioweapons
  • Agents include anthrax, plague, and yellow fever. Could be used against water and food supplies in the South's rear area
  • More Information on North Korea's biological weapons
• Missile Capabilities
  • Short Range Ballistic Missile < 1,000 km
  • MRBM - Medium Range Ballistic Missile 1,000-2,500 km
  • IRBM - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile 2,500-3,500 km
  • LRICBM - Limited Range Intercontinental Ballistic Missile 3,500-8,000 km
  • • Long-range ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States
  • Has sold missiles to Iran and Syria.
  • Missiles can be fitted with biochemical warheads.
  • More Information on North Korea's Missile Capabilities
• Nuclear Program in full swing
  • Openly Ignores a 1994 Geneva agreement to freeze nuclear program with a uranium enrichment program
  • Full status of the North Korean Nuclear Program

North Korea signed the Biological Weapons Convention in 1987 but has been called a leading violator of the international treaty that bans germ warfare.

Special Weapons Maps

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