In a move that could be a play to get the U.S. back to the negotiating table, the North Korean government has announced that it has upgraded and restarted all nuclear bomb fuel plants.
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This comes only a day after more missile threats were made toward South Korea. While it all seems like empty bluster, North Korean missile technology is making steady progress and once they figure out how to make effective nuclear warheads, some real trouble could come.
Will this lead to a 4th nuclear bomb test? Will South Korea finally make a move? Let us know what you think is next in the comments below!
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From Military.com:
SEOUL, South Korea — A day after threatening long-range rocket launches, North Korea declared Tuesday that it has upgraded and restarted all of its atomic fuel plants so it can produce more — and more sophisticated — nuclear weapons.
Neither announcement was entirely unexpected, and outside analysts see the back-to-back warnings as part of a general North Korean playbook of using claimed improvements in its nuclear and missile programs to push for talks with the United States that could eventually provide the impoverished country with concessions and eased sanctions.
But the threats could deepen a standoff between North Korea and the U.S. and its allies because they strike at Washington’s fear that each North Korean rocket and nuclear test puts it another big step closer to its stated goal of an arsenal of nuclear-tipped long-range missiles that can hit the U.S. mainland.
