Siegfried S. Hecker
American metallurgistWikipedia
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Oct 7, 2026
Inside The Dark Secrets Of Kim Jong Un's Nuclear Weapons
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27:00speaker_16GUEST
And you had countries like Japan and South Korea saying, ah, they can't build a bomb.
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27:05Chris TerrillNARRATOR
Siegfried Hecker was one of the invited scientists.
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27:10Siegfried HeckerGUEST
They were in a conference room and they brought in a red metal box opened that up, and inside was a white wooden box with a slide off top.
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27:21Siegfried HeckerGUEST
They opened that up, and inside were two glass jars, sort of like jelly jars, with a screw-on lid, tightly taped.
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32:02Barack ObamaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Given their past behavior, given the belligerent manner in which they are constantly threatening their neighbors, I don't think there's any question that that would be a destabilizing situation.
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32:19Chris TerrillNARRATOR
In November 2010, the North Koreans went on the front foot to showcase their nuclear might.
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32:26Chris TerrillNARRATOR
US nuclear scientist, Siegfried Hecker, was invited back to visit their facility, which now had 2,000 centrifuges.
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32:36Siegfried HeckerGUEST
My jaw just dropped.