North Korea expands ballistic missile production
North Korea is completing the expansion of its ballistic missile production enterprise, which could be used to attack US military facilities, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing satellite imagery.
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| A North Korean ballistic missile. Photo: AP |
The newspaper stressed that the images of Planet Labs Inc. were analyzed by experts at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California. The images are said to be near the North Korean city of Hamhun. According to the publication, the factory in this city produces ballistic missiles that can be used to attack US military facilities in Asia, as well as missiles capable of reaching the US mainland.
The Wall Street Journal stressed that this is further evidence that North Korea continues to develop its weapons production program even as the United States has tried to get them to give it up.
"The expansion of North Korea's missile production infrastructure shows that leader Kim Jong-un has no plans to abandon his nuclear and missile programs," the newspaper quoted one of the researchers from the California Institute of Technology as saying.
Earlier, the South Korean-American portal "North 38" published documents from experts on North Korea. According to satellite images, the DPRK is rapidly building infrastructure in the area of the nuclear center in Yongbyon.
