北朝鮮の脅威への鍵
Las claves de las amenazas norcoreanas
Las últimas sanciones aprobadas contra Corea del Norte tras su tercera prueba nuclear han desatado la ira de Pyongyang
Corea del Norte reanudará la actividad en todas sus instalaciones nucleares
El País Madrid 2 ABR 2013 - 20:41 CET
Keys to North Korean threats
The latest approved sanctions against North Korea after its third nuclear test have unleashed the wrath of Pyongyang
North Korea resume activity on all its nuclear facilities
The Country Madrid 2 ABR 2013 - 20:41 CET
The latest approved sanctions against North Korea after its third nuclear test, on February 12 have sparked anger in Pyongyang. The North Korean government canceled its non-aggression pact with the South and threatened to carry out a preemptive nuclear strike against the United States and South Korea. This Tuesday has announced that reactivates its nuclear plants.
Why North Korean threat to the U.S. and South Korea?
Officially, threats of retaliation by Pyongyang are sanctions adopted by the United Nations after the last North Korean nuclear test. Other factors have influenced, however, certainly in the escalation of tension experienced these days.
■ The internal factor
Many experts attribute the North Korean threats to an attempt by young leader Kim Jong-un to consolidate power in the communist state founded by his grandfather.
According to Jasper Kim, an expert from the Asia-Pacific cited by CNN, the North Korean dictator acts well "because without the support of the military, will not stay in office for long. It should therefore strengthen its ties with the bosses ".
■ A way to get the attention of the United States?
Many analysts say Pyongyang's threats aimed at making Washington negotiate a peace treaty with the North Korean regime.
"In some cases, the threats are aimed radar entering the White House, whose policy tries to ignore North Korea. Pyongyang's message is: 'can not break us, we will not go, you deal with us, "says Professor John Delury to the BBC.
■ Korean Elections
According remind analysts cited by the BBC since 1992, North Korea has carried out such provocations whenever elections approached in Seoul.
Does North Korea's ability to carry out their threats?
Experts estimate that China has 24-42 kilos of plutonium, enough to make four to eight nuclear bombs similar to the one dropped on Nagasaki during World War II.
They believe, however, that North Korea will take years to possess miniaturization technology required to manufacture a nuclear warhead to fit on long-range missiles.
Jeffrey Lewis, the James Martin Center for Non-Proliferation Studies, believes Pyongyang is approaching its target. "They may have designed a nuclear warhead weighing less than 1,000 kilos, which is still too much to put on a long-range missile, but better than what they had two years ago," he explains.
North Korea also has a missile guidance system to hit U.S. soil precisely.
The North Korean military has, however, an arsenal capable of attacking South Korea and U.S. interests in the area, including the 40,000 soldiers deployed in Japan. Medium-range missiles, rocket launchers and tanks are deployed near the demilitarized zone that separates the country from its southern neighbor since the end of the Korean War in 1953.
"Their tanks are less than 30 days and can not refuel fuel," said Peter Hayes of the Nautilus Institute, an Australian expert quoted by CNN.
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