CNN and FoxNews.com reported that the materials were enough for two bombs.
Until two years ago, the CIA estimated that North Korea might have enough plutonium for two bombs.
Its supply is now thought to be more than 2,100 kilograms, or about 4,600 pounds, enough for two bombs.
Ideally, you need $1.5 billion in funding, which allows for fifty bombs in a row (though you'd lose credibility long before that).
America also blames al-Qaeda for two bombs which exploded at its embassies in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam, in 1998.
The system could be finished in about the middle of the decade and could produce enough fissile material for two bombs a year, according to the Central Intelligence Agency.
North Korea could have a system to enrich uranium by the middle of the decade, the C.I.A. says, producing material for two bombs a year.
According to international nuclear inspectors, Iran already has enough fuel for two bombs, though American officials estimate it would take at least a year to enrich its current stockpile to bomb grade and then fabricate it into a weapon.
In that case, Iran could enrich enough material for four bombs each year if it were ever able to assemble and operate a plant of fifteen hundred P-2 centrifuges.
Since bombing started on Oct. 7, the Americans have not carried out such attacks, save for four bombs dropped on some Taliban front-line troops early last week, according to reports from the Northern Alliance.
