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Jon Wolfsthal, a senior fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by the Christian Science Monitor, "Could North Korea Still Make Nukes?"
North Korea's destruction last week of the cooling tower at its Yongbyon nuclear facility was a spectacular piece of geopolitical theater. But as the concrete crumbled, did Pyongyang's ability to produce plutonium really crumble as well? [. . .]
"None of the steps North Korea has taken thus far are irreversible, but the destruction of this tower makes it harder to reconstitute their plutonium program," said Jon Wolfsthal of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in an analysis of the issue. Read More
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