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North Korea: Pyongyang's Chemical Weapon Threat Exposed By S. Korean Think-Tank
October 13, 2010
The government of North Korea is said to have the capability to produce up to 12,000 tons of chemical weapons, says a South Korean think-tank cited by Agence France-Presse.
Dealing with the North's chemical weapons is second in importance to Seoul to North Korea's nuclear program, said Kwon Yang-Joo of the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses.
According to the South Korean Defense Ministry, Pyongyang currently has some 2,500 to 5,000 tons of nerve gas, blood agents, mustard gas and other chemical agents.
The North could produce chemical weapons deliverable by artillery, missile or aircraft, said the think-tank analyst.
The North could build 625,000 to 1.25 million chemical bombs if it used all of its chemical stockpile at once, Kwon said.
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