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VX nerve agent is reportedly produced by the DPRK; however, no more details have yet emerged regarding its deployment in the North Korean CW stockpile. (It is possible that North Korean defectors, wittingly or unwittingly, have mentioned this agent in their testimonies after having been coached by American or ROK intelligence services, and may not in fact have had direct knowledge of its existence in the DPRK chemical arsenal.) The following facilities have been implicated in the production of nerve agents for the DPRK military, although there is no specific information on what types of nerve agents are being produced: April 25 Vinalon Factory, February 8th Vinalon Factory, Hwasong Chemical Factory, and the Hwasun Chemical Complex. Especially in comparison to the other G-series nerve agents (GA/tabun, GB/sarin, and GD/soman), VX is a persistent agent. The DPRK could use VX against troop concentrations, as well as for contamination and area denial. The former Soviet Union thickened VX further with a polymer, although there is no information that the North Korean military has copied this practice. Currently it is not known in what quantity (if any) North Korea produces or stockpiles this agent.
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Updated March 2003 |
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 This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents. Copyright © 2007 by MIIS.
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