Friday, April 18, 2003

WSJ.  NYT.  I have heard estimates that within six months N. Korea will be able to produce 50-60 bombs a year.  I suspect they would like to turn this nuclear franchise into a thriving export business.   A nation with a single cash crop potentially as lucrative as oil is to Iraq. North Korea said Friday it was successfully reprocessing more than 8,000 spent fuel rods in a process that U.S. experts say will give the communist state enough plutonium for several nuclear bombs.   The move dramatically ups the stakes in the upcoming talks with the U.S. on the North's nuclear-weapons program, slated for as early as next week in Beijing. 10:25:02 AM    Comment_ Trackback []