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North Korea expanding air base, according to satellite imagery

North Koreas 3,000-ton submarine being closely watched, Seoul says By (0) U.S. and South Korean intelligence authorities have said it is likely North Korea completed the construction of a 3,000-ton submarine at Sinpo Shipyard. File Photo by KCNA/UPI | License Photo April 26 (UPI) -- North Koreas new submarines are being monitored in South Korea as recent evidence shows Pyongyang could be preparing to test a submarine-launched ballistic missile. South Koreas joint chiefs of staff public affair...

Lockheed Martin has secured a $447 million contract from the US Navy to produce 12 Sikorsky MH-60R anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters for South Korea.

April 08, 2021 12:55 A surveillance satellite captured images of a North Korean submersible missile-test barge on the move on Tuesday, but pundits said no test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile seems imminent. The barge was moved at the Sinpo shipyard in South Hamgyong Province, according to the Beyond Parallel website run by the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies. One picture taken at around 11:09 a.m. Tuesday shows an "overview of the secure boat basin and the floa...

North Korea moves submersible missile test stand barge: US think tank Posted : 2021-04-07 09:43 Updated : 2021-04-07 09:43 North Koreas Korean Central News Agency released on Oct. 3, 2019, a photo of their submarine-launched ballistic missile Pukkuksong-3. Yonhap North Korea has moved a submersible missile test stand barge at a shipyard on its east coast, a U.S. think tank said Wednesday, noting the move could be part of preparations for a submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test or ...

Date Time Share The White House 12:21 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi. Good afternoon. Okay. Joining us today is another member of the President’s Jobs Cabinet, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. As you all know, the Secretary was the first woman to be governor of Rhode Island, where she kick-started the state’s economy and achieved a record number of jobs and the lowest unemployment in a generation thanks to investments in infrastructure, education, and job training. As governor, she priori...

news N. Korea likely to conduct more KN-23 variant missile tests to replace Scud missiles: think tank (ATTN: ADDS more comments on NK nuke, trilateral ties in last 4 paras) By Oh Seok-min SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is expected to conduct more test launches of its Iskander-variant ballistic missiles in an effort to replace old Scud missiles with advanced solid-fuel ones, an expert of the state-run defense think tank said Thursday. Last week, the communist country fired two short-ran...

Nbc news correspondent courtney qubit covers this. what are we finding out? >> this is more work from victor kha and the group beyond parallel, a washington-based think tank. they frequently examine satellite images and look for differences in any potential for where north korea may be moving in their nuclear program, their ballistic missiles and a number of other areas. in this case they looked at the sinpo shipyard, where north korea has been trying to develop ballistic missile subs, trying to...

Built by north korea. those pictures taken 48 hours after the summit collapsed. >> chairman kim promised me hes not going to do testing of rockets and nuclear -- not going to do testing. i trust him and take him at his word. i hope thats true. >> we go to the pentagon now for the latest from nbc news national security reporter courtney cubey. what exactly do these satellite images show? >> reporter: it appeared to be dormant since august of 2018. not too long after the first summit between presi...

On those missiles. so, the focus of his talks was the plant for a reason. i believe the president basically got it right. once we had set up a process, you could more or less quickly establish an inspection regime. >> victor still with me here in new york. and victor, so much of the work you are doing now, has to do with this. accounting for what is happening in north korea. your project, beyond parallel, s making use to the high resolution satellite images to do just that. the president is sayi...