Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Arsenal Estimation Bomb Fuel Weaponization Delivery Systems Nuclear Estimates Further Reading Bomb Fuel The production of plutonium bomb fuel requires a large infrastructure, including uranium mines, chemical processing facilities to prepare uranium (or uranium oxide) reactor […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Intro 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 North Korea: Daily Life 2009 Dates: February 24-28, 2009 The Stanford delegation led by Professor John Lewis traveled to DPRK roughly a month after President Obama’s inauguration with […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Presentations Publications 2004- 2006 2007- 2009 2010- 2012 2013- 2015 2016- 2018 2019- 2021 Diplomacy 2013 In 2013, North Korea stepped up its nuclear and missile program as well as its rhetoric. The changing security threat […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Presentations Publications 2004- 2006 2007- 2009 2010- 2012 2013- 2015 2016- 2018 2019- 2021 Diplomacy 2007 In 2007, the DPRK engaged in diplomacy through the “Six Party Talks” with the United States, China, Russia, Japan, and […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 North Korea: Daily Life Country and People “I appreciated the deeply held view Lewis had that a better understanding of the North’s people and institutions was going to be […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Presentations Publications 2004- 2006 2007- 2009 2010- 2012 2013- 2015 2016- 2018 2019- 2021 Diplomacy 2010 As diplomatic efforts subsided, Dr. Hecker continued to engage audiences in 2010. In November 2010, DPRK officials showed Dr. Hecker […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Intro 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 North Korea: Daily Life 2010 Dates: November 9 – 13, 2010 | Yongbyon visit: November 12, 2010 The visit in November 2010 turned out to be the last […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Arsenal Estimation Bomb Fuel Weaponization Delivery Systems Nuclear Estimates Further Reading Delivery Systems Nuclear bombs and warheads must also be integrated into delivery vehicles. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki fission bombs were delivered by B-29 bombers, appropriately […]
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program Home Book Trips Archives Nuclear Primer Satellite Imagery About Presentations Publications 2004- 2006 2007- 2009 2010- 2012 2013- 2015 2016- 2018 2019- 2021 Diplomacy Since 2004, Dr. Hecker has delivered more than 280 presentations to a range of audiences from the U.S. government, foreign governments, […]
Hosting the DPRK delegation in California and the Yongbyon visit and Pyongyang meetings.
