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Pyongyang's nuclear advance will continue

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: NORTH KOREA
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: North Korea AP East Asia South Korea China United States

Topical: international relations defence military nuclear weapons sanctions security
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2016), "Pyongyang's nuclear advance will continue", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB207680

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Significance

The claim that it is a miniaturised hydrogen bomb is less plausible.

Impacts

Scheduling nuclear tests now seems to be less about tactical timing than about maximising the speed of progress.
UN and bilateral sanctions will tighten at the margins, but this will not be a game-changer.
China will seek new ways to hurt Pyongyang, but will not change its basic strategy of propping up the regime.

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