Russian assistance could speed Pyongyang’s nuclear submarine ambitions, despite lingering technological gaps
North Korea’s nuclear arsenal may be far larger — and expanding far faster — than widely believed, potentially reshaping the strategic landscape on the Korean Peninsula within the next two decades, according to new assessments by South Korean defense researchers.
At a forum hosted by the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses on Wednesday, Lee Sang-kyu, head of KIDA’s nuclear security research division, assessed that Pyongyang likely possesses between 127 and 150 nuclear weapons. The estimate — based on North Korea’s known fissile-material production rates and recent facility expansion — is mo
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