Another MENSA shocker for the left...N. Korea admits to using 26 kg of plutonium for nuclear bombs

DUH......I'm so glad we signed another agreement with the people who cavalierly ignored the agreement negotiated by Carter and signed by Clinton in 1994.

North Korea's recent nuclear declaration, turned over to China on June 26, revealed that it used 26 kilograms of enriched plutonium to manufacture nuclear weapons, according to a Japanese newspaper report.

Now, this is NOT using AQ Khan's techniques which are based on a U-235, Little Boy type weapon, which requires more fissionable material, but is so reliable Pakistan had a major stockpile for use, YEARS before they tested. It is THIS technique being used in NATANZ and other places WE KNOW OF in Iran. Plutonium is much more technologically difficult to use as a weapon, but requires far less material. NOrth Korea has clearly mastered both techniques, and more than likely for those of you in MENSA denial, EXPORTED BOTH.

That amount is enough to make three to eight nuclear bombs given that one weapon could be made with roughly 4 to 8 kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium, depending on the technical expertise utilized, Tokyo Shimbun reported on July 4, citing sources close the six-nation talks and the North Korean nuclear issue.

North Korean Ambassador to China Choe Jin Su leaves the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on June 26, after Choe handed over a declaration of nuclear programs. AP/Kyodo, Minoru Iwasaki

North Korea said in its 60-page declaration that it had extracted 38.5 kilograms of plutonium from which 26 kilograms were used to manufacture nuclear warheads, the newspaper said.

Two kilograms were used in the October 2006 nuclear test, it said, and that 7.5 kilograms remain in the fuel rods.

Earlier, CNN, citing the U.S. State Department, said North Korea in the June 26 report acknowledged producing roughly 40 kilograms of plutonium, which falls short of U.S. estimates of 50 kilograms.

In December 2007, North Korea's nuclear envoy Kim Kye-Gwan reportedly told his U.S. counterpart Christopher Hill that the total amount of plutonium was around 30 kilograms and that around 6 kilograms were used for the 2006 nuclear test.

The Tokyo Shimbun said at the time that Kim was confused or had intentionally downsized the amount to test Washington's response.

Seoul's Defense Ministry said in last year's annual report that North Korea was estimated to have produced 40 to 54 kilograms of plutonium.

South Korean officials admitted the North's declared amount contradicts Seoul's officials estimate. But they said the actual amount extracted could be smaller because of losses in the reprocessing.

"The lost plutonium produced gets bigger if the technology level is low," an official said. "Future efforts should be focused on verifying the full extent of North Korea's past plutonium production," he said.

We hear much of the democratic claim that there is nothing to lose in negotiating with nations inimical to the USA.

Clearly, and historically, factually, demonstrably, the creation of a North Korean nuclear arsenal was aided by false confidence that agreements have value to those who see them only as a means to euchre those they deal with.

The democratic position is factually in error.

The 1922 Washington Treaty to outlaw war, the limits negotiated in the 5-5-3 ratio of navies in the Pacific, the Versailles Treaty all failed. They failed because certain peoples felt their interests did not lie with the treaties. Wars broke out because deterrence failed.
Chamberlain and Baldwin were NOT believable enough to deter Hitler. The Japanese thought FDR would negotiate rather than face a long war and much destruction.

Deterrence works (if the enemy doesn't expect to get laid limitlessly as a result of death). Deterrence requires weapons of ultimate destruction, men and women who will unquestionably use them, and the economy (property) to sustain their reliability and society over the long term.

All else is delusional fantasy IN THIS WORLD.

If the enemy is deterred, it is easy to talk, OR NOT, because they know any attack will result result in THE END. If the enemy, as is the case today, is NOT deterred, talking has no point and it's result merely quiets our populace with the opiate of a false promise of a false security in paper.

North Korea was not deterred.
Iran is not deterred.