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Related link: Part 1: Collapse of the Agreed Framework?

When Did WMD Deals between Pyongyang and Islamabad Begin?

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Kim Jong Il visiting the Academy of Sciences, a suspected site for the NK HEU program, on 1 January 1999.

By Daniel A. Pinkston

According to press reports, the North Korean-Pakistani trade of missiles for highly enriched uranium (HEU) technology occurred around 1997, which would coincide with Pyongyang's shipment of Nodong missiles to Pakistan.

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CNS Experts on DPRK:

  • Daniel Pinkston | Bio
    Senior Research Associate, Proliferation Research and Assessment Program (PRAP)
    daniel.pinkston@miis.edu

  • Clay Moltz | Bio
    Associate Director of the CNS; Director of the Newly Independent States Nonproliferation Program (NISNP)
    cmoltz@miis.edu

  • Leonard Spector | Bio
    Deputy Director of the CNS, Washington, D.C. Office
    leonard.spector@miis.edu

  • Timothy McCarthy | Bio
    Director of the Proliferation Research and Assessment Program (PRAP)
    tmccarthy@miis.edu


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Author(s): Daniel A. Pinkston
Related Resources: Nuclear, Missile, N. Korea, East Asia, Weekly Story
Date Created: October 21, 2002
Date Updated: February 27, 2003
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