London: The North Korean elite soldiers are being armed with “nuclear backpacks”, according to a report in the Independent as tensions increase over the authoritarian state’s attempts at military escalation.
An anonymous source told Radio Free Asia special units have been formed since March to carry the weapons and had been taking part in simulated training exercises with dummy bombs.
The supposed weapons were said to weigh between 10 and 30 kilograms and will be able to “spray radioactive material”, possibly uranium, on the enemy, the Independent reported.
“Outstanding soldiers were selected from each reconnaissance platoon ...to form the nuclear backpack unit the size of a battalion,” the source from North Hamgyong province was quoted as saying.
