A few days ago, north Korea held a military parade for the 90th anniversary of the founding of the army, and at the military parade, a speech by Kim Jong-un aroused global attention and heated discussion, because Kim Jong-un released a signal that North Korea may use nuclear weapons in the case of being violated.
In addition, many people wonder how North Korea, which has been blocked for many years and basically does not communicate with the outside world, built nuclear weapons. Is it true that North Korea has been "doing big things in a muffled voice", although it looks backward on the surface, in fact, its real scientific and technological strength is already very powerful?
How did North Korea become the ninth country in the world to possess nuclear weapons?
According to the data, at present, a total of 9 countries in the world have nuclear weapons, namely the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, China, France, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel. However, in addition to the first five countries, the next four countries are "illegal possession of nuclear weapons".
As for the reason, it is because according to international treaties, after January 1, 1967, there are no more countries in the world to develop nuclear weapons, and before that, the countries that already have nuclear weapons are not counted, naturally, the top 5 countries on the list have openly possessed nuclear weapons before the entry into force of the relevant treaties, and naturally, they are also legally possessed countries.
In fact, from this list, it can be seen that in addition to the first 5 legally owned countries, the remaining 4 illegally owned countries are generally developing countries (Israel is a medium-developed country), in addition to India and Israel's relatively strong scientific and technological strength, North Korea and Pakistan, have always been people's impression of "poor countries", so how do they achieve nuclear weapons?
In fact, this is related to the Fact that during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the United States purposefully supported Pakistan's development, so with the help and non-obstruction of the United States at that time, Pakistan really developed its own nuclear weapons in 1987.
After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Pakistan was useless in the eyes of the United States, and the United States wanted to pass sanctions to make Pakistan give up and destroy nuclear weapons, but it did not expect that Pakistan did not buy it, so the United States also "self-defeating" let the world have one more country with nuclear weapons.
So how did North Korea do it? Pakistan had the help of the United States at that time, and North Korea also received assistance from the Soviet Union during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, and soviet assistance to North Korea continued until the 1980s, and a lot of the aid was scientific and technological support, which also allowed North Korea to have the technology to make nuclear weapons before the collapse of the former Soviet Union.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that after the collapse of the former Soviet Union, a large number of former Soviet researchers were "poached" by other countries, and many of them went to North Korea in the face of the conditions set by the DPRK, so don't look at the DPRK to show people, it is as if it is backward for at least half a century, but in fact, the scientific and technological strength of the DPRK is far stronger than we think.
And in addition to the atomic bomb, North Korea also has a more powerful hydrogen bomb, and before 2018, North Korea has repeatedly defied global opposition and publicly conducted nuclear tests, which have also made North Korea different from people's impressions, blocked for decades, but still has surprising scientific and technological strength.
So, what is North Korea's scientific and technological strength?
In January this year, CCTV News published a report saying that North Korea is very likely to have developed a "hypersonic missile", and there are very few countries that currently have such missiles, after all, this is a high requirement for scientific and technological strength, which also means that North Korea is very likely to have secretly achieved the international advanced level in some fields.
As early as 2016, North Korea proposed the development route of "science and technology power", and although north Korea's economic level is very backward, from the perspective of GDP, it is only equivalent to the level of the mainland in the 1970s, but North Korea has always been very generous to scientific researchers, which is why after the collapse of the former Soviet Union, there will be former Soviet scientists absorbed by North Korea.
At present, the DPRK is still based on heavy industry and agriculture, and the development of life science and technology, light industry and other fields is still very backward, but in the military field, the DPRK's scientific and technological strength cannot be underestimated, at least its existence is enough to make the ROK, the United States, and so on feel threatened, and even dare not act rashly.
After all, through Kim Jong-un's speech, it can be seen that North Korea does not play cards according to common sense, once North Korea feels that it is threatened, then it will launch nuclear weapons, and once a global nuclear war breaks out, then, for mankind, it will be a catastrophe, therefore, many foreign media in the report, are also worried that north Korea may suddenly strike in the future, then, in your opinion, this possibility is great?