From a manufacturing and potential commercialization perspective, this is a significant advantage, especially as research is conducted to miniaturize the layout.
"My analysis is that North Korea could probably miniaturize a warhead that should fit for a Rodong missile," Mark Fitzpatrick, director of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Program at the US-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, told Yonhap.
To miniaturize the quarter wavelength transmission line based BLC we need to choose [Z.sub.a] in such a way that the other impedances can also be realized as too low values or longer electrical lengths would be impractical to design.
Microfluidic technology is a promising alternative to capillary-based techniques due to its great potential to miniaturize, simplify, integrate, automate, and multiplex the analysis with higher throughput and speed.
| TOKYO, Sept 25 (KUNA) -- North Korea may be developing a technology to miniaturize a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on its long-range ballistic missile, Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday, citing a Chinese nuclear policy researcher.