North Korea fires 2 missiles in tests condemned by neighbors

On Monday, February 20, 2023, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea east of the country in its second weapons test in three days. The launches were condemned by neighbors and were likely in response to upcoming joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises.

North Korea missile tests 2020

North Korea conducted 147 missile tests between 1984 and 20 March 2020, including four tests in 2020, a series of short-range missiles in March 2020, and the unveiling of a new missile with a range of 15,000km or more in October 2020. The CNS North Korea Missile Test Database provides a collection of missile tests including the date, time, missile name, launch agency, facility name, and test outcome.

North Korea nuclear weapons

North Korea is estimated to have an arsenal of approximately 30 to 40 nuclear weapons, and has tested a nuclear explosive device six times since 2006. North Korea was able to build a reactor that could produce weapons-grade plutonium in 1980, and its nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to the Republic of Korea (ROK) and might soon pose a serious threat to the United States.

north korea nuclear program

North Korea is estimated to have an arsenal of approximately 30 to 40 nuclear weapons, and has tested a nuclear explosive device six times since 2006. North Korea was able to build a reactor that could produce weapons-grade plutonium in 1980, and its nuclear program has been slowed, sometimes reversed, during periods of diplomacy but it has never been abandoned. Kim Jong Un recently ordered an "exponential" expansion of the country's nuclear capabilities.

north korea nuclear weapons

North Korea is estimated to have an arsenal of approximately 30 to 40 nuclear weapons, and has tested a nuclear explosive device six times since 2006. North Korea was able to build a reactor that could produce weapons-grade plutonium in 1980, and its nuclear program has been slowed, sometimes reversed, during periods of diplomacy but it has never been abandoned. Kim Jong Un recently ordered an "exponential" expansion of the country's nuclear capabilities.

north korea nuclear negotiations

The United States has engaged in five major sets of formal nuclear and missile negotiations with North Korea, beginning with the Agreed Framework in 1994. This agreement committed North Korea to halting operations at its Yongbyon nuclear facilities in exchange for fifty thousand tons of oil. Negotiations over North Korea's nuclear program have occurred for nearly 25 years, with few open-source studies exploring the entire record of provocations and negotiations.