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Title: Nuclear threat on the Korean peninsula: The present and the future. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6983720

Forty years after they were divided by the Cold War, South and North Korea are closer to reunification than ever before. However, North Korea's nuclear weapons program might cause South Koreans to be much less sure about reunification. Today the Cold War is over, but the Korean peninsula is still divided into two Koreas despite the new era of reconciliation. Since December 1991 when a non-aggression pact was signed barring nuclear weapons, North Korea has pursued its nuclear weapon development. In March 1993, North Korea declared its intention to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and has been refusing a full inspection of its nuclear program. North Korea's nuclear issue is an international issue today. This paper discusses 'what threat we have today' and 'what should be done in the future.'.

Research Organization:
Air Univ., Maxwell AFB, AL (United States). Air War Coll.
OSTI ID:
6983720
Report Number(s):
AD-A-280623/0/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English