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Monday, September 12, 2016
Undeterred
‘North Korea, The Glaring Setback In Mr. Obama’s Asia Policy,’ Conducts Its Second Nuclear Test Of 2016
‘North Korea Defiantly Celebrated Its Fifth Nuclear Test’
“North Korea defiantly celebrated its fifth nuclear test Friday, claiming that it can now make warheads small enough to fit onto a missile and warning its ‘enemies’ — specifically the United States — that it has the ability to counter any attack. . . [T]he test appeared to mark another step toward North Korea’s goal of putting a nuclear warhead on a weapon capable of reaching the mainland United States.”(“North Korea Conducts Fifth Nuclear Test, Claims It Has Made Warheads With ‘Higher Strike Power,’” The Washington Post, 9/09/2016)
“North Korea is ready to conduct an additional nuclear test at any time, South Korea's Defense Ministry said on Monday, three days after the reclusive North's fifth test drew widespread condemnation. . . As tensions rose on the Korean peninsula in the week of last week's test, South Korea's President Park Geun-hye said that North Korea's nuclear weapons and missiles posed an ‘imminent threat.’”(“North Korea Ready For Another Nuclear Test Any Time: South Korea,” Reuters, 9/12/2016)
‘The Threat From Pyongyang Has Grown During Mr. Obama’s Presidency’
“The threat from Pyongyang has grown during Mr. Obama’s presidency, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to continue pouring the country’s limited resources into its nuclear weapons program. The White House doesn’t expect to make any significant progress on the issue before Mr. Obama leaves office.” (“On Final Asia Trip, Obama Faces Tests to U.S. Power,” The Wall Street Journal, 9/07/2016)
“Coming after a series of increasingly advanced missile tests . . . [the latest nuclear test] has ratcheted up the alarm that the regime may in fact be able to deliver a nuclear weapon, as it has repeatedly threatened. . . James Acton, a nuclear expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [said] ‘If [North Korea] cannot yet threaten its neighbors, it will be able to soon. And it will eventually be able to strike the United States.’”(“Obama Under Fire After North Korean Nuke Test,” Politico, 9/09/2016)
“[D]espite the international pressure, North Korea is closer than ever to being able to blackmail its neighbors. Pyongyang could brandish its short-range Scuds and No Dong missiles, which can carry a payload weighing up to 700 kilograms.” (“Obama Under Fire After North Korean Nuke Test,” Politico, 9/09/2016)
“One of President Barack Obama’s final turns on the international stage before leaving office spotlighted how some world leaders are testing the limits of U.S. power just months before a new American administration. . . North Korea, the glaring setback in Mr. Obama’s Asia policy, tested ballistic missiles.”(“On Final Asia Trip, Obama Faces Tests to U.S. Power,” The Wall Street Journal, 9/07/2016)
“This is shaping up to be the busiest year ever for North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. It rang in 2016 with what it said was its first H-bomb test and has been shooting off various kinds of long-range missiles — including one from a submarine — more frequently than normal.”(“AP Analysis: N. Korea Seeks Leverage By Playing Nuke Card,” The Associated Press, 9/09/2016)
“The test also appeared to be much bigger than North Korea's previous four detonations since its first in 2006. . . ‘This is clearly a nuclear test,’ said Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia nonproliferation program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, Calif. He estimated the size at between 10 and 20 kilotons. The North’s last nuclear test, carried out in January’, was about six kilotons.” >(“North Korea Conducts Fifth Nuclear Test, Claims It Has Made Warheads With ‘Higher Strike Power,’” The Washington Post, 9/09/2016)
“North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast . . . as the leaders of the Group of 20 major economies held a summit in China, the North's main diplomatic ally. . . The missile launches were the latest in a series by the isolated North this year in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, supported by China, that ban all ballistic missile-related activities by the North.” (“North Korea Fires Three Ballistic Missiles As G20 Leaders Meet In China,” Reuters, 9/05/2016)
“North Korea appears to have reopened a plant to produce plutonium from spent fuel of a reactor central to its atomic weapons drive, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday, suggesting the country's arms effort is widening. Pyongyang vowed in 2013 to restart all nuclear facilities, including the main reactor at its Yongbyon site that had been shut down and has been at the heart of its weapons program.” (“North Korea Apparently Reopened Plant To Produce Plutonium: IAEA,” Reuters, 6/06/2016)
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