Other Names: Unit 32
Location: Nuclear Chemical Defense Bureau (核化學防衛局), Ministry of People's Armed Forces Building Number Eight (人民武力部 8號廳舍), Sŏsŏng-kuyŏk (西城區域), Pyongyang (平壤市), North Korea
Subordinate to: Nuclear Chemical Defense Bureau (核化學防衛局), General Staff Department (人民軍總參謀部), Ministry of People's Armed Forces (人民武力部)
Primary Function: Research and development of chemical weapons; possible role in the development of chemical warheads for ballistic missiles, including the Nodong
Description: There is very little open source information about this unit, but it is reportedly involved in the development of chemical warheads.
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Updated April 2003 |
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Key Sources:
Chang Chun Ik, Pukhan Haek-Missile Chŏnjaeng, (Seoul: Sŏmundang, 1999), pp. 361, 434; Ch'oe Yŏng Jae, "Mi'gug'ŭi Pukhan Saenghwahangmu'gi Appak Chŏllyak," Shindonga, January 2002, <http://www.donga.com/>; Choe Yong-chae, Shindonga, January 2002, pp. 300-313, in "US Strategy Pressuring DPRK on Biological, Chemical Weapon," FBIS Document ID: KPP20011220000016; Lee Chae Sŭng, "Hwahakchŏn'ŭn 'Haekhwahakpangwiguk' Sŏ Chudo," Segye Ilbo, 19 April 1995, p. 23, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr/>.
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