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Two nukes Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/18/wkor18.xml&sSheet=/portal/2002/10/18/ixport.html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=148343 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/18/wkor18.xml&sSheet=/portal/2002/10/18/ixport.html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=148343 North Korea 'has two nuclear bombs' By David Rennie in Washington (Filed: 18/10/2002) North Korea possesses two plutonium-based nuclear bombs, a senior Bush administration official said yesterday. It was the first official confirmation that a member of President Bush's "Axis of Evil" has obtained nuclear weapons. "It is our assessment that North Korea has reprocessed before 1994 sufficient plutonium for one or two nuclear weapons," the official said, asking to remain anonymous. When pressed he said North Korea had two bombs. A satellite image of the Yongbyon nuclear facility that may produce weapons-grade uranium A senior US official suggested that North Korea, which is ruled by Kim Jong-il, an unpredictable, despotic leader, may have had foreign help in creating its uranium enrichment programme. The official told reporters in Washington that, according to US studies of other attempts to produce enriched uranium: "This has never been done indigenously. . . these programmes are dependent on support from the outside." Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, said that although no western intelligence official had physically laid a hand on a North Korean nuclear warhead: "I believe they have a small number of nuclear weapons." Mr Rumsfeld's remarks were prompted by North Korea's own admission that - separately from any plutonium stockpiles - it has been running a secret programme to produce enriched weapons-grade uranium. North Korea's admission, which came during a tense meeting with a senior US envoy, has angered and dismayed Western allies. Britain, which only established diplomatic relations with North Korea two years ago, abruptly postponed the despatch of the first full British ambassador to Pyongyang, David Slinn, who had been due to go this weekend. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "In the light of this news, we are reflecting further on the best time for David Slinn to take up his appointment." Information appearing on Electronic Telegraph is the copyright of Telegraph Group Limited and must not be reproduced in any medium without licence. For the full copyright statement see Copyright

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