Book/Printed Material Characterizing the risks of North Korean chemical and biological weapons, electromagnetic pulse, and cyber threats

Title

• Characterizing the risks of North Korean chemical and biological weapons, electromagnetic pulse, and cyber threats

Summary

• To secure the survival of its regime, dominate the Republic of Korea (ROK), and impose unification of the Korean Peninsula, North Korea has amassed a variety of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)-nuclear, chemical, and biological-to include nuclear and likely conventional capabilities that produce highly destructive or even lethal electromagnetic pulse. It also has diverse offensive cyber capabilities that it uses for covert and illegal purposes. The authors of this report focus on how the North could use, and does use, these weapons and capabilities to affect peacetime relations on the peninsula and to prepare for a major war with the ROK, as well as the possible effects of their employment on the military, on civilians, and on critical infrastructure. The authors present a theory of deterrence and suggest how the ROK-U.S. alliance could rein in North Korean efforts to augment or enhance its WMD and cyber capabilities and deter the North from attacking the ROK and beyond. Throughout, the authors acknowledge the uncertainties involved and argue that any effective action on the part of the ROK-U.S. alliance will require recognizing and managing those uncertainties.

Names

• Bennett, Bruce W., 1952- author
• International Security and Defense Policy Center
• Rand Corporation
• Asan Chŏngch'aek Yŏn'guwŏn

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND, National Security Research Division, [2022]

Contents

• Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: The North Korean Chemical Weapon Threat -- Chapter Three: North Korean Biological Weapons Threat -- Chapter Four: The North Korean Electromagnetic Pulse Threat -- Chapter Five: The Threat of North Korean Cyber Capabilities -- Chapter Six: Characterizing and Countering North Korean Combined Weapons of Mass Destruction and Cyber Employment -- Appendix: Technical Description of Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse.

Headings

• -  Chemical weapons--Korea (North)
• -  Biological weapons--Korea (North)
• -  Deterrence (Strategy)
• -  Nuclear weapons--Korea (North)
• -  Electromagnetic pulse
• -  Information warfare--Korea (North)
• -  Risk assessment
• -  United States--Foreign relations--Korea (South)
• -  Korea (South)--Foreign relations--United States
• -  Korea (North)--Foreign relations--Korea (South)
• -  Korea (South)--Foreign relations--Korea (North)
• -  United States--Foreign relations--Korea (North)
• -  Korea (North)--Foreign relations--United States

Notes

• -  Title from PDF document (title page; viewed August 29, 2022)
• -  "Sponsored by the Asan Institute"
• -  "THE ASAN INSTITUTE for POLICY STUDIES"
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-122).
• -  Description based on electronic resource
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xii, 122 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

• MLCM 2024/43372 (UA)

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024738897

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024738897

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024738897

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