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Researchers discover another undisclosed ballistic missile site in North Korea
NBC News, Jan 21 2019 4:23 AM
With a second US-North Korea nuclear summit looming in February, researchers using satellite technology have discovered a secret ballistic missile base in North Korea — one of as many as 20 undisclosed missile sites in the country. The Kim regime has never disclosed the existence of the Sino-ri Missile Operating Base to the outside world.
The report from Beyond Parallel, a project sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a defense think tank, was released today and comes after an announcement Friday that President Donald Trump "looks forward" to meeting with Chairman Kim Jong Un next month "at a place to be announced at a later date."
"The North Koreans are not going to negotiate over things they don't disclose," said Victor Cha, one of the authors of the report. "It looks like they're playing a game. They're still going to have all this operational capability," even if they destroy their disclosed nuclear facilities. Cha says the base is "clearly a mainstay of their strategic missile force" but there are no indications it will be part of any discussions on denuclearization.
Situated about 130 miles north of the DMZ, Sino-ri Missile Operating Base houses the headquarters for the Korean People's Army Strategic Rocket Forces missile brigade, a unit responsible for ballistic missiles. The base has been central to developing ballistic missiles that are capable of reaching South Korea, Japan and even Guam.
Beyond Parallel researchers estimate North Korea has 20 undisclosed sites where it continues to develop its ballistic missile program. "I can't find anybody in the US who thinks the North Koreans are denuclearizing," said a former senior US official who has been briefed on the situation.
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