North Korea used disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan’s notorious network to supply atomic materials to libya and Syria, the Pentagon has said, as it warned against Pyongyang’s proliferation efforts.
“One of our gravest concerns about North Korea’s activities in the international arena is its demonstrated willingness to proliferate nuclear technology,” Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a report running into 20 pages.
“North Korea provided libya with uranium hexafluoride, a compound used in uranium enrichment process that produces fuel for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons, via proliferation network of Pakistani nuclear scientist A Q. Khan,” the Defence Secretary said.
North Korea also provided Syria with nuclear reactor technology until 2007, said the report titled ‘Military and Security Developments Involving the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2012’.