Afghanistan has been dominating the news. Both sides of the political spectrum have been talking about Biden’s poor performance in Afghanistan. So it is the perfect time for our adversaries to make some discreet moves. It has been reported that North Korea likely now is capable of creating small nuclear weapons, which means they could be a threat to us since they have intercontinental missiles.
“Since early July 2021, there have been indications, including the discharge of cooling water, consistent with the operation,” the International Atomic Energy Agency report said of the reactor at Yongbyon, a nuclear complex at the heart of North Korea’s nuclear program.
More plutonium could help North Korea make smaller nuclear weapons to fit on its ballistic missiles, said David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security.
“The bottom line is North Korea wants to improve the number and quality of its nuclear weapons,” he added.
While intelligence on North Korean nuclear weapons is limited, making it impossible to know their number, Albright estimated the country had the capacity to produce material for four to six bombs a year.
The report “underscores the urgent need for dialogue and diplomacy” the White House said on Monday.”
“No way to know why the reactor wasn’t operating previously – although work has been ongoing on the water reservoir over the past year to ensure sufficient water for the cooling systems,” she said.”
North Korea having nuclear weapons is a big deal. They are allied with China and could do some serious damage to us or our allies if they wanted to. We should have been focusing on what our adversaries are doing, they have been acting up since Biden took office. The evacuation from Afghanistan was supposed to be a cakewalk, but instead, we lost another 13 marines and abandoned hundreds of Americans, which made us look even more inept on a global scale. I wonder what else we missed…
Leave a Comment