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Even though U.S. President George W. Bush had named  North Korea as part of an "Axis of Evil" following the September 11, 2001 attacks, U.S.  officials stated that the United States was not planning any immediate military  action.

According to John Feffer, co-director of the think tank Foreign Policy in Focus,

 

The primary problem is that the current U.S. administration fundamentally  doesn’t want an agreement with North Korea. The Bush administration considers  the 1994 Agreed Framework to have been a flawed agreement. It doesn’t want be  saddled with a similar agreement, for if it did sign one, it would then be open  to charges of "appeasing" Pyongyang. The Vice President has summed up the  approach as: "We don’t negotiate with evil, we defeat evil."^[9]

American ire at North Korea is further inflamed by allegations of  state-sponsored drug smuggling, money laundering, and wide scale counterfeiting.

Diplomatic efforts at resolving the North Korean situation are complicated by  the different goals and interests of the nations of the region. While none of  the parties desire a North Korea with nuclear weapons, Japan and South Korea are  especially concerned about North Korean counter-strikes following possible  military action against North Korea. The People's Republic of China and South  Korea are also very worried about the economic and social consequences should  this situation cause the North Korean government to  collapse.

In early 2000 the Zurich-based company ABB^[10][11]  was awarded the contract to provide the design and key components for two  light-water nuclear reactors to North Korea.^[12]

North Korea's ability to deliver weapons of mass destruction to a  hypothetical target is somewhat limited by its missile technology. As of 2005,  North Korea's total range with its No Dong missiles is only 1,300 km, enough to reach South Korea, Japan, and parts of Russia, and China,  but not the mainland United  States or Europe--although they could potentially reach US islands in the Pacific Ocean such as the  Northern Mariana Islands and possibly  even the state of Hawaii.

It is not known if this missile is actually capable of carrying the nuclear  weapons North Korea has so far developed. BM-25 is a North Korean designed  long-range ballistic missile with range capabilities of up to 1,550 miles  (2493km), and potential of carrying a nuclear warhead. They have also developed  the Taepodong-1 missile, which  has a range of 2,000 km, but it is not yet in full deployment. With the  development of the Taepodong-2  missile, with an expected range of 5,000-6,000 km,^[18] North Korea could  hypothetically deliver a warhead to almost all countries in Southeast Asia, and parts  of Alaska or the continental United  States.

The Taepodong- 2 missile was tested on July 4, 2005, unsuccessfully. US  intelligence estimates that the weapon will not be operational for another 11  years. The Taepodong- 2 could theoretically hit the western United States and  other US interests in the Western hemisphere. The current model of the  Taepodong- 2 could not carry nuclear warheards to the United States. Former CIA director George Tenet has claimed  that, with a light payload, Taepodong-2 could reach western parts of Continental United States, though  with low accuracy.^[19] There is also the possibility of nuclear terrorism,  that is asymmetrical delivery of nuclear weapons (e.g. by smuggling into or near  an American city by civilian cargo ship/plane, or on a boat to near the US  coast).

On Dec. 10, 2002, North Korea announced it would restart plutonium production  and eject the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors who monitored  North Korea's compliance with the Agreed Framework. On Jan. 10, North Korea  withdrew from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), an  international accord prohibiting the acquisition and proliferation of nuclear  weapons.

North Korea conducted an underground nuclear explosive test on October 16,  2006. The estimated yield of the test was less than one kiloton.

일단 북이 왜 핵을 만들게 되었냐는 그 진실을 설명해 드리면

미국이 북한이 핵을 만들까봐 두려워 핵을 만들 수 있는 북의 원자력발전소를 

모두 쓰지 말게 했습니다.

그리고 북한에 원자력발전소 없이 살수있게 경수로지원과 석유를 지원했었습니다.

그런데 부시가 집권하면서 악의 축이라 부르며 시비를 먼저 걸었습니다.

(그래서 美전문가들도 이 점에 대해 부시가 굉장히 잘 못했다고

지적한다고 합니다)

또한 미국이 경수로지원과 석유를 끊어버림으로써 북은 생활에 지장을 느낍니다.

해서 북한은 지원이 소홀하다는 이유로 핵을 만듭니다.

그러자 미국은 강한 경제압박을 실시합니다.

Delaware's borders are within 50 miles of 4 nuclear power plant sites: Salem/Hope Creek, NJ; Calvert Cliffs, MD; Peachbottom, PA; and Limerick, PA

  

As of the 2000 census - 24,976 Delaware residents live within the 10-mile emergency planning zone of the Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Power Plant in New Jersey.

  

Radioactive material is transported through Delaware by water, air and road. Since 1995, 6 shipments of radioactive material have been transported   across Delaware's waters. DEMA has responded to two incidents of lost radioactive material since 1994.