{"id":58383,"date":"2018-07-01T19:12:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T19:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/01\/bolton-says-the-us-has-a-plan-to-dismantle-north-koreas-nuclear-program-within-a-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:20:40","slug":"bolton-says-the-us-has-a-plan-to-dismantle-north-koreas-nuclear-program-within-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/01\/bolton-says-the-us-has-a-plan-to-dismantle-north-koreas-nuclear-program-within-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"US plans for dismantling North Korea nukes may face resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The United States has a plan that would lead to the dismantling of North Korea\u2019s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs in a year, President Donald Trump\u2019s national security adviser said, although U.S. intelligence reported signs that Pyongyang doesn\u2019t intend to fully give up its arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Bolton said top U.S. diplomat Mike Pompeo will be discussing that plan with North Korea in the near future. Bolton added that it would be to the North\u2019s advantage to cooperate to see sanctions lifted quickly and aid from South Korea and Japan start to flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/24\/trump-declares-north-korea-still-poses-extraordinary-threat\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18163279551041.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump declares North Korea still poses \u2018extraordinary threat\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump declared Friday that North Korea still poses an \u201cextraordinary threat\u201d to the United States.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Department said the U.S. ambassador to the Philippines, Sung Kim, who led policy negotiations with North Korea before the summit, traveled to the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas on Sunday to resume talks on next steps on implementing the joint declaration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/12\/pentagon-assessing-trump-directive-to-cancel-korea-military-exercises\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed in Singapore<\/a>. In that summit declaration, the North committed \u201cto work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.\u201d The short joint statement did not define how that would be achieved or say when the process would begin or how long it might take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur goal remains the final, fully verified denuclearization of the DPRK, as agreed to by Chairman Kim in Singapore,\u201d the department said Monday. DPRK stands for the North\u2019s official name, the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/29\/mattis-says-us-will-keep-current-troop-levels-in-south-korea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18179190214760.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Mattis says US will keep current troop levels in South Korea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Mattis said the U.S. commitment to South Korea includes keeping current U.S. force levels on the peninsula.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolton\u2019s remarks Sunday on CBS\u2019 \u201cFace the Nation\u201d presented a very ambitious timeline for North Korea to fulfill that commitment. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters three weeks ago that the U.S. wants North Korea to take \u201cmajor\u201d nuclear disarmament steps within the next two years \u2014 before the end of Trump\u2019s first term in January 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/13\/trump-claim-raises-eyebrows-north-korea-no-longer-a-nuke-threat\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s rosy post-summit declaration<\/a> that the North no longer poses a nuclear threat, Washington and Pyongyang have yet to negotiate the terms under which it would relinquish the weapons that it developed over decades to deter the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18182559032456.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18182559032456.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18182559032456.jpg.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18182559032456.jpg.jpg?resize=768,576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this June 27, 2018, file photo, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton listens to question as he speaks to the media after his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Bolton said Sunday that the U.S. has a plan that would lead to the dismantling of North Korea&#8217;s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs in a year. (Alexander Zemlianichenko\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/22\/north-korea-pledges-to-destroy-missile-test-engine-site\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Doubts over North Korea\u2019s intentions<\/a> have deepened amid reports that it is continuing to produce fissile material for weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Washington Post on Saturday cited unnamed U.S. intelligence officials as concluding that North Korea does not intend to fully surrender its nuclear stockpile. Evidence collected since the June 12 summit in Singapore points to preparations to deceive the U.S. about the number of nuclear warheads in North Korea\u2019s arsenal as well as the existence of undisclosed facilities used to make fissile material for nuclear bombs, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said the findings support a new, previously undisclosed Defense Intelligence Agency estimate that North Korea is unlikely to denuclearize. Some aspects of the new intelligence were reported on Friday by NBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/21\/kim-leaves-china-as-south-korea-urges-concrete-plan-on-nukes\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18171036676378.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Kim leaves China as South Korea urges \u2018concrete\u2019 plan on nukes<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">South Korea urged North Korea on Wednesday to present a plan with concrete steps toward denuclearization, raising the pressure on its leader Kim Jong Un as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a visit designed to convey the countries\u2019 growing closeness.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A U.S. official told The Associated Press that the Post\u2019s report was accurate and that the assessment reflected the consistent view across U.S. government agencies for the past several weeks. The official was not authorized to comment publicly on the matter and requested anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolton on Sunday declined to comment on intelligence matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the administration was well-aware of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/road-to-north-koreas-denuclearization-is-littered-with-failure\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">North Korea\u2019s track record <\/a>over the decades in dragging out negotiations with the U.S. to continue weapons development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have developed a program. I\u2019m sure that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be discussing this with the North Koreans in the near future about really how to dismantle all of their WMD and ballistic missile programs in a year,\u201d Bolton said. \u201cIf they have the strategic decision already made to do that, and they\u2019re cooperative, we can move very quickly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the one-year program the U.S. is proposing would cover all the North\u2019s chemical and biological weapons, nuclear programs and ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-961460760.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-961460760.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-961460760.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-961460760.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">National security adviser John Bolton listens as President Donald Trump meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in the Oval Office on May 22, 2018, in Washington.  (Oliver Contreras\/Pool via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if North Korea is willing to cooperate, dismantling its secretive weapons of mass destruction programs, believed to encompass dozens of sites, will be tough. Stanford University academics, including nuclear physicist Siegfried Hecker, a leading expert on the North\u2019s nuclear program, have proposed a 10-year roadmap for that task; others say it could take less time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo has already visited Pyongyang twice since April to meet with Kim \u2014 the first time when he was still director of the CIA \u2014 and there are discussions about a possible third trip to North Korea late next week but such a visit has not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump reiterated in an interview broadcast Sunday that he thinks Kim is serious about denuclearization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI made a deal with him. I shook hands with him. I really believe he means it,\u201d the president said on Fox News Channel\u2019s \u201cSunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/road-to-north-koreas-denuclearization-is-littered-with-failure\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18111355411423.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Road to North Korea\u2019s denuclearization is littered with failure<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">While Seoul and Washington welcomed Pyongyang\u2019s declaration on Saturday to suspend further intercontinental ballistic missile tests and shut down its nuclear test site, the past is littered with failure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump defended<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/14\/trumps-halt-of-war-games-could-weaken-defenses-in-korea\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\"> his decision to suspend \u201cwar games\u201d<\/a> with close ally South Korea \u2014 a significant concession to North Korea, which so far has suspended nuclear and missile tests and destroyed tunnels at its nuclear test site but not taken further concrete steps to denuclearize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow we\u2019re saving a lot of money,\u201d Trump said of the cancellation of large-scale military drills that involve flights of U.S. bombers from the Pacific U.S. territory of Guam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pressure will now be on Pompeo to make progress in negotiations with North Korea to turn the summit declaration into concrete action. He spoke with the foreign ministers of China, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/07\/01\/us-japan-agree-to-continue-joint-military-exercises\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Japan<\/a> and South Korea in recent days about the situation with the North, according to the State Department, which has declined to comment on any upcoming travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo postponed plans to meet with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and their counterparts from India on July 6, citing unavoidable circumstances, which has fueled speculation he will make a third trip to Pyongyang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States has a plan that would lead to the dismantling of North Korea\u2019s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs in a year, President Donald Trump\u2019s national security adviser said, although U.S. intelligence reported signs that Pyongyang doesn\u2019t intend to fully give up 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