North Korea has almost completed construction of a giant facility large enough to hold nuclear missiles capable of reaching the United States, according to a new analysis of satellite photography.

The facility "is almost certainly related to North Korea's expanding ballistic missiles program," according to the analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies , a Washington-based think tank.

One building within the facility "is large enough to accommodate an elevated Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile and, therefore, the entirety of North Korea's known ballistic missile variants," the report states.

CSIS suggests the facility is located 11 miles north-west of Pyongyang and features an underground storage facility large enough to house all known North Korean ballistic missiles as well as their support vehicles. The site's existence had not previously been disclosed.

It also features an "unusually large" covered rail terminal, which could be used to transport missiles and supporting equipment, and interconnected buildings designed for drive-through access, the report states.

"Taken as a whole, these characteristics suggest that this facility is likely designed to support ballistic missile operations and for the interim is identified as the Sil-li () Ballistic Missile Support Facility," said Joseph Bermudez, the report's author.

"As such, it is another component of the North Korean ballistic missile infrastructure that has been undergoing both modernization and expansion during the past 10 years."

North Korea debuted its most powerful ballistic missile, the Hwasong-15, in 2017, which experts say could reach " any part of the continental United States ."

Donald. Trump has since met with Kim Jong Un on three occasions as he tried to broker a deal designed to halt North Korea's nuclear missile program.

But talks between the two powers broke down in February last year at a summit in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Trump was said to have handed Kim Jong Un a piece of paper which included a blunt call for the transfer of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and bomb fuel to the United States in return for the lifting of economic sanctions.

A lunch between the two leaders was subsequently cancelled, and a North Korean official subsequently accused the US of issuing "gangster-like" demands, heralding a significant cooling in relations since.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/satellite-images-north-korean-nuclear-missile-base-kim-jong-un-2020-5

I came to see pictures...

All the time "capable of reaching America".

Audio reaching..

I thought the north Korean short tyrant is dead?


UnaToto

If your Weapon cannot bring down The Corona Plan-demic, it is not a Weapon!

How does that add to the growth of your People!

Righteousness89:
If your Weapon cannot bring down The Corona Plan-demic, it is not a Weapon!

How does that add to the growth of your People!

But it can deter America and other hostile actors from invading and effecting a regime change. That's what they are after, it is called deterrence.

SeverusSnape:
All the time "capable of reaching America".

Audio reaching..

That's what scientists called trying
NK are producing home made weapons including testing Nukes
Iran has been try for years to lunch satellites into space but this year it became successful
Iran successful hacked USA most advance drone in 2012 before reverse engineer to produce Iran home made Drone.
Nigeria cant even produce any weapons for her own military while South Africa can produce her own military vehicles and guns

Dermmy the Islamist propagator well-done oooo you are not supporting Iran this time around but north Korea hmmmn this guy is suicidal, if you really hates America why can't you go and join the Iranian terrorist or the rogue north Korea rogue nation nation

NORTH KOREA SHOULD DO ONE CAPABLE OF REACHING HELL.

Only building nuclear facility but can't better the people life

thundafire:
Only building nuclear facility but can't better the people life

They aren't complaining bro. It is western sanctions that crippled the North Korean economy not their nuclear programme, they were still able to evade those sanctions with the help of China because the North has industries inside China.

After much pressure and persuasion Ghaddafi gave up his nuclear programme in 2003 we all know the aftermath. America dislike the Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) doctrine, the thugs in washington know any country that achieves (MAD) is free from their aggression and bullying.

Iran has not even attained MAD yet she shot down America's most expensive drone last year, had courage to smash America's base in Iraq leaving over a hundred soldiers with traumatic brain injuries. What if they now have nukes? I swear America would think twice before they make any silly move. That's why uncle sam is so scared of an Iran with nukes.

If nuclear weapons programme is the only thing that can deter America from bullying you i think it is worth having regardless of the sanctions that come with it.

dermmy:


They aren't complaining bro. It is western sanctions that crippled the North Korean economy not their nuclear programme, they were still able to evade those sanctions with the help of China because the North has industries inside China.

After much pressure and persuasion Ghaddafi gave up his nuclear programme in 2003 we all know the aftermath. America dislike the Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) doctrine, the thugs in washington know any country that achieves (MAD) is free from their aggression and bullying.

Iran has not even attained MAD yet she shot down America's most expensive drone last year, had courage to smash America's base in Iraq leaving over a hundred soldiers with traumatic brain injuries. What if they now have nukes? I swear America would think twice before they make any silly move. That's why uncle sam is so scared of an Iran with nukes.

If nuclear weapons programme is the only thing that can deter America from bullying you i think it is worth having regardless of the sanctions that come with it.

so building nuclear plants is far better than the suffering of the people abi

thundafire:
so building nuclear plants is far better than the suffering of the people abi

States in the international system are inexorably driven to the struggle for power simply because they wish to survive. According to Reinhold Niebuhr

"there is no possiblity of drawing a sharp line between will to live and the will to power"

Of course power may be mobilised beyond the peaceful requirements of states the case of Iran and North Korea. And it may be abused and misused, but the wrongful use of power does not in itself destroy the needs of states to possess power, in fact the evil use of power by some states e.g America and other bullies in the international system is the best reason why other states must have power.

If you want to understand international politics don't be quick to judge the actions of an actor in the system ask questions, why do nation-states behave the way they behave? Do such states just have the love for missile testing? Why do they want to become nuclear power. What are the factors influencing nations to go this way?

To point out the importance of national power to the security of a state is not to argue that all states are aggressive and predatory or that they would be if they had the strength. It is rather to say that states must be strong because some states may impose their will on you due to your weakness.

Once you understand the importance of power in international politics you won't see countries who are building their military prowess as evil because a nation's power is its last line of defense. That is why international politics is called "power politics" because it's a game of power among states in the international system.