North Korean nuclear weapons program ‘primed for expansion,’ report says – By Thomas Maresca (UPI) / March 4, 2022
SEOUL, March 4 (UPI) — Activity at North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear facility, where the secretive state makes fissile material for nuclear weapons, is in “full swing” and looks to be growing, a report said Friday.
Commercial satellite imagery shows the ongoing production of plutonium and uranium at the Yongbyon site as well as construction of new buildings and personnel housing, according to the report by U.S.-based monitoring website 38 North.
The activities “suggest that the complex is primed for expansion,” the report said.
North Korea has not tested a nuclear weapon or launched an intercontinental ballistic missile since 2017, but leader Kim Jong Un has raised concerns after suggesting in January that he may be ready to lift a self-imposed moratorium.
