South Korea says North Korea has about 100 sites linked to nuclear programme and has the capacity to strike them if an attack from the North is imminent. The defence minister Kim Tae-Young told legislators during a parliamentary audit of his ministry's work today that his country has complete list of the North Korean sites. Kim expressed confidence his forces could hit any of them if it is absolutely clear a North Korean offensive is imminent. In a separate report to Parliament, the defence ministry said the North is thought to have 13 types of viruses and germs which can be used in biological weapons, as well as up to 5,000 tons of chemical weapons. The ministry said the North has one of the world's largest stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons. It said the list of diseases that could be caused by the biological weapons includes cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, eruptive typhus, typhoid fever and dysentery.<br/>
News On AIR | October 5, 2009 7:59 PM
N. Korea has 100 nuke sites, says S. Korea