Kim Jong Un inspecting a banned uranium production site.
Seoul: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un had announced to increase his stockpile of nuclear weapons just 3 days ago. After this, North Korea’s preparations to make nuclear bombs have intensified. On the second day of this announcement, North Korea fired ballistic missiles and rockets. Then today Kim Jong Un visited the banned nuclear manufacturing site and instructed to increase uranium enrichment to make nuclear bombs. North Korea has shown pictures of centrifuges producing fuel for its nuclear bombs for the first time today on Friday. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is seen visiting this uranium enrichment factory. He has ordered to prepare more weapons-grade material to boost it. The pictures of Kim Jong’s uranium site have created a stir in the world.
Following Kim’s visit to a nuclear weapons institute and a production base for weapons-grade nuclear material, state media reports have revealed the first images of centrifuges, a rare unit within North Korea’s nuclear programme that is banned under UN protection. The images showed Kim walking among long rows of metal centrifuge machines that enrich uranium. The report did not specify when the visit took place.
Preparing for war with America
Kim Jong Un considers America as his biggest enemy. While visiting a uranium enrichment site, Kim is said to have urged workers to produce more material for tactical nuclear weapons. He also said that the country’s nuclear arsenal is important to counter threats from the United States and its allies. He said that weapons are needed for “self-defense and preemptive strike capability”. According to the report, the North Korean leader said that “anti-DPRK nuclear threats” from “vassal forces led by US imperialists” have crossed the red line.
How many nuclear weapons does North Korea have?
North Korea is estimated to have more than 50 nuclear weapons right now. According to analysts, it still has enough uranium material to make 70 to 90 more nuclear weapons. Let us tell you that North Korea is claimed to have many such units like the uranium enrichment unit that Kim Jong visited. Analysts say that commercial satellite imagery has shown construction in recent years at the main Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, including its uranium enrichment plant, which suggests a possible expansion in North Korea’s nuclear weapons stockpile.
Uranium is a radioactive element that occurs naturally. To make nuclear fuel, raw uranium has to undergo processes that result in a material with increased concentrations of the isotope uranium-235. This then goes on to make nuclear bombs and nuclear missiles.
What did the IAEA say?
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the UN nuclear watchdog had observed activity consistent with the operation of a reactor and a centrifuge enrichment facility reported at Yongbyon. Kim has stressed the need to increase the number of centrifuges in order to “rapidly increase” nuclear weapons production and expand the use of new types of centrifuges to further strengthen the production of weapons-grade nuclear material. Ankit Panda, of the US-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said the new type of centrifuge shows North Korea is advancing its fuel cycle capabilities. “Kim also suggests that North Korean tactical nuclear weapon designs may rely primarily on uranium for their core,” he said. North Korea is more than capable of increasing its highly enriched uranium stockpile. (Reuters)
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