Dan Smith of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute suggested nuclear weapon development was continuing despite rapprochement with the U.S.
North Korea is continuing to expand its nuclear arsenal despite ongoing—though currently stalled—discussions with the U.S. on disarmament, according to a global arms watchdog.
Dan Smith, the director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, said Monday that Kim Jong Un could have between 30 and 40 nuclear weapons by 2020. This represents a significant increase on the country's 2019 estimated total of between 20 and 30 warheads, made in anSmith made his prediction while speaking with reporters at the residence of the Swedish ambassador to South Korea in Seoul,newspaper reported.
North Korea has not tested a nuclear weapon or ballistic missile since it began rapprochement with the U.S. in early 2018. A rapid de-escalation in tensions followed, with Kim and President Donald Trump eventually meeting for a historic summit in Singapore in June., shows the locations of North Korea's nuclear infrastructure, as of March 2019.At the close of the meeting, the two leaders signed a vague agreement committing both to denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
Progress has been elusive, despite two more meetings between the two leaders. North Korea watchers have suggested that, despite the highly-publicized destruction of the country'sTalks are currently once again stalled. According to anonymous reports in South Korean newspapers this week, Kim has sought to break the deadlock—or simply continue to
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