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North Korea reportedly manufactures large quantities of nerve agents, including soman (GD). It is unknown, however, to what extent soman is produced or deployed in the DPRK. (It is possible that North Korean defectors, wittingly or unwittingly, have mentioned this agent in their testimonies after having been coached by American or ROK intelligence services, and may not in fact have had direct knowledge of its existence in the DPRK chemical arsenal.) Although the Kanggye Chemical Factory has been implicated in the production of sarin, it is plausible that it could also be the site for soman manufacture. The following facilities have been implicated in the production of nerve agents for the DPRK military, although there is no specific information on what types of nerve agents are being produced: April 25 Vinalon Factory, February 8th Vinalon Factory, Hwasong Chemical Factory, and the Hwasun Chemical Complex. Currently, it is not known in what quantity North Korea produces or stockpiles soman. As an intermediate volatility compound, soman could be used against troop concentrations and would have limited persistence for contamination and area denial.
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 This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents. Copyright © 2007 by MIIS.
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