N Korea ballistic missile facility growing as revealed by new satellite images

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

U-S DEFENSE EXPERTS BELIEVE PYONGYANG MAY BE RAMPING UP ITS PRODUCTION OF WEAPONS FOR MOSCOW TO USE IN ITS WAR IN UKRAINE.

RESEARCHERS SAY NEW SATELLITE IMAGES REVEAL NORTH KOREA IS EXPANDING A CRUCIAL WEAPONS MANUFACTURING COMPLEX THAT PRODUCES SHORT-RANGE MISSILES.

THE CALIFORNIA-THINK-TANK BEHIND THE FINDINGS NOTES, THE PLANT IS THE ONLY ONE KNOWN TO PRODUCE A CERTAIN CLASS OF BALLISTIC MISSILES USED BY RUSSIA TO STRIKE UKRAINIAN FORCES.

KNOWN AS THE K-N-23, THE ROCKETS ARE CAPABLE OF EVADING MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS BY FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDES MAKING THEM USEFUL FOR RUSSIAN FORCES TRYING TO PENETRATE UKRAINIAN AIR DEFENSES.

THE SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN ADDITIONAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND A HOUSING STRUCTURE FOR WORKERS NEAR NORTH KOREA’S EAST COAST.

NORTH KOREAN MISSILES REPORTEDLY ACCOUNT FOR A FRACTION OF MOSCOW’S STRIKES ON UKRAINE. 

THOUGH THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE STOKING FEARS AMONG SOUTH KOREA AND D-C BECAUSE BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE LONG-SOUGHT TO PREVENT NORTH KOREA FROM EXPANDING ITS PRODUCTION OF BALLISTIC MISSILES.

BOTH MOSCOW AND PYONGYANG HAVE DENIED NORTH KOREA IS SUPPLYING WEAPONS TO RUSSIA FOR ITS WAR IN UKRAINE.

DESPITE THE COUNTRIES SIGNING A MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY THIS SUMMER AND VOWING TO BOOST MILITARY TIES.

THOUSANDS OF NORTH KOREAN TROOPS ARE ALSO BEING DEPLOYED TO HELP RUSSIA IN ITS WAR EFFORTS. 

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