Congressional Research Service

Report: North Korea Has Enough Fuel for 90 Nuclear Warheads

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) issued a report on Friday that found North Korea has produced enough fissile material — i.e. atomic bomb fuel — to build up to 90 nuclear warheads, a dramatic increase from the 20 to 60 warheads it was believed capable of building last year.

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, North Korea's lea