TITLE

Contending with a Nuclear-Armed North Korea

AUTHOR(S)

Sokolski, Henry

PUB. DATE

October 2002

SOURCE

JFQ: Joint Force Quarterly;Autumn2002, Issue 32, p35

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Focuses on the nuclear activity of North Korea. Declaration of its right to possess nuclear weaponry by North Korea; Production of plutonium by North Korea; Demands of the U.S. on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program.

ACCESSION #

10104090

Tags: NUCLEAR weapons

 

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