North Korea appears to be preparing to launch a reconnaissance satellite, which could prove as controversial as the nuclear-armed country's weapons tests because they use the same banned ballistic missile technology, experts say.
will launch a number of reconnaissance satellites in coming years to provide real-time information on military actions by the United States and its allies, state media on Thursday, March 10, reported leader Kim Jong-un as saying.
North Korea appears to be preparing to launch a reconnaissance satellite, which could prove as controversial as the nuclear-armed country’s weapons tests because they use the same banned ballistic missile technology, experts say.on February 27 and March 5. Authorities in South Korea, Japan, and the United States says the tests involved launches of ballistic missiles.
Kim defended the satellite work as not only about gathering information but protecting North Korea’s sovereignty and national interests, exercising its legitimate rights to self-defense, and elevating national prestige, KCNA reported. Its latest flurry of missile launches could be groundwork for a return to ICBM and nuclear bomb tests this year, the US Directorate of National Intelligence said in its annual Worldwide Threat Assessment released this week.
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