Stimson’s event on nuclear deterrence in northeast Asia featured in The Korea Times

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NK capable of chemical warfare

By Isaac Kim

“North Korea will soon have the capability to fire
conventional, chemical and nuclear missiles that could hit the U.S. mainland,”
revealed Brad Roberts, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear
and Missile Defense Policy on Aug. 26 (KST).

Roberts, who retired this year, gave a seminar on security in Northeast Asia at
the Stimson Center in Washington D.C.

“The fact that North Korea has nuclear weapons and the obvious danger it
imposes is something not to take lightly,” he said. “North Korea’s progress in
nuclear weapon capacities in the past ten years is quite noteworthy.”

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