{"id":49097,"date":"2017-10-27T06:40:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T06:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=49097"},"modified":"2017-10-27T06:40:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T06:40:56","slug":"north-korea-cannot-be-halted-after-boom-in-sophisticated-missile-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/north-korea-cannot-be-halted-after-boom-in-sophisticated-missile-production.html","title":{"rendered":"North Korea cannot be HALTED after boom in sophisticated missile production"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea cannot be HALTED after boom in sophisticated missile production<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea cannot be HALTED after boom in sophisticated missile production:- NORTH Korea\u2019s expanding missile programme \u201ccannot be halted\u201d as the country may be producing its own rocket fuel, it has been claimed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Newly analysed photos of North Korean factories point to signs that the country is producing its own Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH), a fuel used in rockets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Shea Cotton, a Research Associate at California\u2019s James Martin Centre, said: \u201cThe thing with UDMH production is that the production facilities required to make it look a lot any other chemical production facility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cSo it\u2019s hard to know if you\u2019ve found one just by looking at satellite pictures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThe pictures point to a few potential sights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cIt just means that they have the means to produce their own rocket fuel, and probably a lot of it too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cIt also means we won\u2019t be able to halt their program just by turning off the spigot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThe unfortunate truth this program is that it\u2019s a very sophisticated program which the North Koreans have laboured over for years now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThey\u2019ve meticulously built up their production capacity and are constantly improving their program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThere isn\u2019t an easy fix for this program and the existence of facilities like this proves it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The report, written by Joseph Bermudez Jr, analyses the possibility of the hermit kingdom producing UDMH based on a series of ariel photos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea\u2019s February 8 Vinalon Complex in Hungnam has been identified as a potential facility for producing the rocket fuel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Mr Bermudez explained that the area \u201ccontains production lines for both chlorine and ammonia, chemicals used in the production of hydrazine, the presence of waste water ponds, and recent construction activities within the complex\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The July 27 Factory in the state was spotted as another potential area for UDMH production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Bermudez added: \u201cThese requirements for UDMH were likely initially satisfied by acquisition of limited quantities from abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cIncreasing demands during the past 10 years, however, have likely led to both the acquisition of additional quantities of UDMH where possible and the acquisition or development of technology.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea has increased its development of Hwasong-12 IRBM and Hwasong-14 ICBM missiles that use the UDMH fuel, which combined with tightening world sanctions, have pushed the hermit kingdom to start developing its own rocket fuel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">With global tensions reaching critical levels, the US has called on China to increase its stranglehold on the rogue state in a bid to diffuse World War 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Donald Trump is set to work with China to rein in despot leader Kim Jong-un when he visits China next month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Isolating North Korea further over its nuclear and ballistic missile tests is a key goal for the President on what will be his longest foreign trip to date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Trump will call on President Xi Jinping to fully implement UN Security Council resolutions against Pyongyang and take other steps to pressure North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">China, North Korea&#8217;s sole major ally, accounts for more than 90 percent of trade 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