Military analysts concerned about N. Korea's biological weapons: NYT
- 5 years ago
Amid speculation that Pyeongyang and Washington may hold high-level talks this week in preparation for a possible second Kim-Trump summit,... the New York Times reported Pyeongyang could be developing biological weapons,... calling it one of the regime's "less-known military threats."
Kan Hyeong-woo reports.
According to the New York Times' latest report on North Korea's military threats,... military analysts are increasingly concerned about the regime's "advanced, underestimated and highly lethal" bioweapons program.
While most of the talks between Pyeongyang and Washington have focused on North Korea's nuclear weapons program,... the report says the Trump administration has given very little attention to the regime's biological weapons program.
According to analysis published by the Middlebury Institute of International Studies last month,... North Korea is collaborating with foreign researchers to learn biotechnology skills and build related equipment. As a result, Pyeongyang's biotech capabilities are growing rapidly.
The report points out the deadliest weapons of all time, pound for pound, are not nuclear, but biological,... saying that a single gallon of anthrax could end human life on Earth.
Citing a Pentagon official,... it says North Korea is far more likely to use biological weapons than nuclear ones and the regime may threaten aggressors with a germ warfare counterattack.
Experts have long suspected that North Korea harbors the smallpox virus, which spreads person-to-person and kills a third of its victims. Other analysts say satellite images and Internet inspections of the regime suggest Pyeongyang is interested in advances in biotechnology and germ warfare.
The report says that germ production is small-scale and far less expensive than building nuclear arms and that living weapons are difficult to detect, trace and contain. North Korea's secretive nature makes it hard to assess the regime's biological weapons program.
Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News
Kan Hyeong-woo reports.
According to the New York Times' latest report on North Korea's military threats,... military analysts are increasingly concerned about the regime's "advanced, underestimated and highly lethal" bioweapons program.
While most of the talks between Pyeongyang and Washington have focused on North Korea's nuclear weapons program,... the report says the Trump administration has given very little attention to the regime's biological weapons program.
According to analysis published by the Middlebury Institute of International Studies last month,... North Korea is collaborating with foreign researchers to learn biotechnology skills and build related equipment. As a result, Pyeongyang's biotech capabilities are growing rapidly.
The report points out the deadliest weapons of all time, pound for pound, are not nuclear, but biological,... saying that a single gallon of anthrax could end human life on Earth.
Citing a Pentagon official,... it says North Korea is far more likely to use biological weapons than nuclear ones and the regime may threaten aggressors with a germ warfare counterattack.
Experts have long suspected that North Korea harbors the smallpox virus, which spreads person-to-person and kills a third of its victims. Other analysts say satellite images and Internet inspections of the regime suggest Pyeongyang is interested in advances in biotechnology and germ warfare.
The report says that germ production is small-scale and far less expensive than building nuclear arms and that living weapons are difficult to detect, trace and contain. North Korea's secretive nature makes it hard to assess the regime's biological weapons program.
Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News