The Libya adventure probably served to settle any debate within North Korea, but their program is much older and they have shown serious committent to it much e

The Libya adventure probably served to settle any debate within North Korea, but their program is much older and they have shown serious committent to it much earlier than 2011. In 1994 it was discovered they had reprocessed plutonium several times in the 80's, and it was suspected they had secret reprocessing facilities, and they almost left the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons treaty to keep inspectors out of those sites. In 2006 they tested a nuclear device for the first time, although it likely failed. https://www.nti.org/learn/countries/north-korea/nuclear/ https://www.nti.org/learn/countries/north-korea/nuclear/