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| Dupe URL: North Korea trade with Iran revealed |
| 2011-08-25 |
| NORTH Korea has intensified its co-operation with Iran this year and supplied it with a computer programme that could help Tehran build nuclear weapons, according to German intelligence. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper said Germany thought North Korea had delivered software, originally developed in the US, that could simulate neutron flows. Such calculations, linked to identifying a chain reaction, are vital in the construction of reactors and nuclear explosives. If confirmed, it could add to western suspicions about Iran's disputed nuclear activities and its links with North Korea. A confidential United Nations' report earlier this year said North Korea and Iran appeared to have been regularly exchanging ballistic missile technology in violation of UN sanctions. Iran rejects western accusations it is seeking to develop atomic arms but its refusal to halt sensitive work has drawn gradually tightening sanctions since 2006. The Sueddeutsche said the programme, called Monte Carlo N-Particle Extended, or MCNPX 2.6.0., was used widely for civilian purposes but is subject to strict export controls because it can also be used to develop atomic weapons. |
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