A South Korean government-affiliated think tank has clarified its analysis that North Korea needs to conduct at least four additional nuclear tests in order to develop tactical nuclear weapons. pointed out.
The National Defense Research Institute, a think tank under the South Korean Ministry of Defense, showed this in a document submitted to the ruling party's National Assembly members on the 26th.
According to this, it is estimated that North Korea's nuclear development since 1970, including the past six nuclear tests, has cost between $1.1 billion and $1.6 billion, or about ¥160 billion to ¥230 billion. doing.
On top of that, in order to develop tactical nuclear weapons used for localized attacks and large and powerful nuclear warheads, which North Korea showed at the Korean Workers' Party Congress in January last year, it is necessary to conduct at least four additional nuclear tests. I clarified the analysis that there is, and pointed out the possibility that nuclear tests will be repeated in the future.
In addition, if North Korea conducts four additional nuclear tests, it is estimated that it will cost up to 640 million dollars, or more than 92 billion yen in Japanese yen, and received the materials. A member of the Diet emphasized, "This amount is enough to cover the cost of purchasing food that will be in short supply in the north."
At the Supreme People's Assembly on the 8th of this month, North Korea adopted a law stipulating the conditions for using nuclear weapons, and General Secretary Kim Jong-un delivered a speech saying, "We can never give up nuclear weapons." It has made it clear that it will accelerate its nuclear and missile development, and related countries continue to be wary of the seventh nuclear test.