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N KOREA "rapid rebuilding" its ONLY MISSILE LAUNCH SITE (with satellite pics)
I posted this yesterday. It has been updated with SATELLITE pictures from last night. Also, when I posted it yesterday, I didn't know that "Rocket Man" only had 1 LAUNCH SITE. (Missed that one along the way). THAT is the site that is being reconstructed. And international monitoring group used the phrase "rapidly rebuilding".
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North Korea rebuilding launch site in exclusive satellite images

North Korea rebuilding launch site in exclusive satellite images
C 5, 201901:09
Beyond Parallel reports the activity at Sohae, photographed March 2, is "evident at the vertical engine test stand and the launch pad's rail-mounted rocket transfer structure."
"The activity they are undertaking now is consistent with preparations for a test, though the imagery thus far does not show a missile being moved to the launch pad," Victor Cha, one of the authors of the report, said.
"The activity on the ground," Cha said, "shows us that they do have a (nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile) capability that is not just developmental, but in the prototype phase. They've already tested a few of these and it looks like they're preparing the launch pad for another act." Asked for comment, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said, "We don't comment on intelligence."
A March 2 photo of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, North Korea's only operational space launch facility, shows rapid rebuilding, say researchers from Beyond Parallel. "This renewed activity, taken just two days after the inconclusive Hanoi Summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, may indicate North Korean plans to demonstrate resolve in the face of U.S. rejection of North Korea's demands at the summit to lift five UN Security Council sanctions enacted in 2016-2017," said the analysts...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/north-korea-rebuilding-long-range-rocket-site-photos-show-n979721
I posted this yesterday. It has been updated with SATELLITE pictures from last night. Also, when I posted it yesterday, I didn't know that "Rocket Man" only had 1 LAUNCH SITE. (Missed that one along the way). THAT is the site that is being reconstructed. And international monitoring group used the phrase "rapidly rebuilding".
NBC
North Korea rebuilding launch site in exclusive satellite images

North Korea rebuilding launch site in exclusive satellite images
C 5, 201901:09
Beyond Parallel reports the activity at Sohae, photographed March 2, is "evident at the vertical engine test stand and the launch pad's rail-mounted rocket transfer structure."
"The activity they are undertaking now is consistent with preparations for a test, though the imagery thus far does not show a missile being moved to the launch pad," Victor Cha, one of the authors of the report, said.
"The activity on the ground," Cha said, "shows us that they do have a (nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile) capability that is not just developmental, but in the prototype phase. They've already tested a few of these and it looks like they're preparing the launch pad for another act." Asked for comment, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said, "We don't comment on intelligence."
A March 2 photo of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, North Korea's only operational space launch facility, shows rapid rebuilding, say researchers from Beyond Parallel. "This renewed activity, taken just two days after the inconclusive Hanoi Summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, may indicate North Korean plans to demonstrate resolve in the face of U.S. rejection of North Korea's demands at the summit to lift five UN Security Council sanctions enacted in 2016-2017," said the analysts...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/north-korea-rebuilding-long-range-rocket-site-photos-show-n979721

