Not Just Nukes: North Korea Also Has Stockpile of Deadly Nerve Agent

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Not Just Nukes: North Korea Also Has Stockpile of Deadly Nerve Agent
NBC News    Nick Bailey and Michele Neubert

LONDON — Amid a flurry of missile tests and inflammatory rhetoric, the world's attention is focused on North Korea's nuclear program.

But one expert believes the rogue state's stockpile of chemical weapons could also bring catastrophic consequences.

The Center for Nonproliferation Studies estimates North Korea has between 2,500 and 5,000 metric tons of chemical weapons.

In particular, it has a large supply of VX, the deadliest nerve agent ever created; last year it was used to assassinate Kim Jong Un's half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, at Kuala Lumpur airport.

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