[quote=@mdk] But for a nuclear program you need, like, engineers, specialized equipment, rare resources, processing facilities, time, etc. I get that the labor is cheap but the nukes aren't -- and even if they are, the equipment needed to research and produce them ain't. Without swathes of top secret intel, who knows, but it's entirely possible their program was EXTREMELY damaged by that one mountain collapse. If you had the resources to set the program up with redundancies and safeties, you would in fact be smart to do so -- but maybe they don't, even with the slavery.[/quote] I can't really say for sure. You make some good points - CBRN isn't your everyday asset so having access to one of these facilities might already have been a stroke of luck for the Kim's. On the other hand, they're pretty good at security (in it's most brutal form) and much of what you have said is already there - they've produced this crap before so research requirements are... limited? The problem was delivery of the payload, not the payload itself. It'd be pretty hilarious if they slipped up and decided to research ICBM payload delivery in the same fucking facility. :lol It's not out of the realm of possibilities, yeah. Still, I am doubtful this is the end of NK's nuke program. Ceasing research and production does not mean proliferation - they'll continue to have nukes even if they can't produce more. So I suppose we'll have to wait and see?