North Korea appears to have begun dismantling a key satellite launch pad, exceeding its vow to tear down missile engine testing facilities in exchange for better relations with the U.S.
The Stimson Institute's 38 North monitoring group published a report Tuesday, based on recent satellite imagery of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in North Korea. Photos released last month suggested that North Korea had started to take apart a test stand used for testing ballistic missile engines, a move that was in line with an agreement reached between North Korea supreme leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump following their June summit in Singapore. Additionally, new evidence suggested that the site's launch pad was also on its way out.
While dismantlement of the vertical engine test stand represents a fulfillment of Chairman Kim’s agreement with President Trump conveyed publicly during the post-Singapore Summit press conference, activity at the launch pad appears to go beyond that commitment," analyst Joseph Bermudez Jr. wrote in his report…..
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