| ID | 157283 |
| Title Proper | America's North Korean Nuclear Trilemma |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Anderson, Nicholas D |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | How should the United States approach the Korean Peninsula and the problem of North Korean nuclear proliferation? Since its initial test in October 2006, North Korea has conducted five more, increasing the estimated yield with each one.1
1. “The Missiles of North Korea,” CSIS Missile Defense Project (2017), https://missilethreat.csis.org/country/dprk/ (accessed October 20, 2017).
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Pyongyang's September 2017 nuclear test—which they claimed was a thermonuclear device—had an estimated yield of between 50–280 kilotons, a significant increase from previous tests.2
2. Michelle Ye Hee Lee, “North Korea's Nuclear Test May Have Been Twice as Strong as First Through,” The Washington Post, September 13, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-nuclear-test-maybe-have-been-twice-as-strong-as-first-thought/2017/09/13/19b026d8-985b-11e7-a527-3573bd073e02_story.html (accessed October 20, 2017).
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Perhaps more alarming to U.S. policymakers, the North has surged forward with its missile program, conducting 15 missile tests in 2015, 24 in 2016, and thus far 19 missile tests in the first 10 months of 2017. |
| `In' analytical Note | Washington Quarterly Vol. 40, No.4; Winter 2018: p.153-164 |
| Journal Source | Washington Quarterly Vol: 40 No 4 |
| Key Words | America ; North Korean ; Nuclear Trilemma |