Trump-Kim talks or not, North Korea's nuclear arsenal continues to grow
Many of the country’s nuclear facilities are deliberately camouflaged, tucked away in mountains or hidden underground. Analysts scouring satellite imagery spotted signs of continued build-up at a network of at least 16 secret missile operating bases never acknowledged by North Korea.
That negotiation is complicated by the fact that the full scope and extent of North Korea’s nuclear capabilities is difficult to know. The nation, which long ago booted out any international inspectors, has balked at the idea of providing an inventory of its weapons and facilities, saying it would be tantamount to handing over a target list.
“As you know, there's plenty left after that and I just felt it wasn’t good,” he told reporters. “That facility, while very big, it wasn’t enough … we had to have more than that.” “The nuclear program continues to grow, the talks have fallen apart,” he said. “Now we’ve got nothing. This is the risk of trying to get it all in one bite.”North Korea’s vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui told reporters this week that Kim had made the best offer North Korea could make at this stage and said she worried he may lose the will to continue with the talks.
Revere said Trump has essentially signaled to Kim: “As long as they’re not testing, the U.S. is willing to live with a nuclear North Korea.” Melissa Hanham, a senior research associate with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, Calif., said Kim’s offer appeared to have been to permanently dismantle the entirety of the nuclear complex, unlike in past talks.
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