North Korea hasn't tested any nuclear bombs or long-range missiles this year,... a testament to the improved ties between the two Koreas as well as between the North and the U.S.<br />However,... experts warn the lack of tests doesn't mean that weapons development isn't going on behind the scenes.<br />Lee Seung-jae has more. <br />After its nuclear test in September 2017,... and its last missile launch a month later,... North Korea stopped all weapons tests in 2018. <br />Thanks to warmer ties between the two Koreas,... and even President Trump going from calling Kim Jong-un 'little rocket man' to saying how he 'fell in love' with Kim,... it looks as though the Korean Peninsula is on the path to peace.<br />However, according to a report by NBC News,.... experts are pointing out that while the big displays of aggression may have ceased,... "other more subtle parts of North Korea's weapons program continue apace".<br />A research fellow at a London-based think tank told NBC News that Kim Jong-un has not changed his policy,... but has moved from research and development to mass production.<br />According to the latest analysis of satellite images,... the North is still producing fissile material and building missile bases around the country.<br />To many,.. this comes as no surprise,... as the transition from testing to production was something the North Korean leader told the world he would do during his New Year's Day address.<br />Kim claimed his scientists and engineers had completed all their trials,... and they should now mass-produce nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles.<br />At the current rate of production,... a Washington-based think tank projects the North could have around 100 nuclear warheads by 2020,... almost half the size of Britain's stockpile.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News. <br />
