Satellite images show North Korea has started dismantling nuclear test site
Washington/Seoul — Satellite images indicate North Korea has begun dismantling key facilities at a site used to develop engines for ballistic missiles, a first step towards fulfilling a pledge made to US President Donald Trump, a Washington-based think-tank said on Monday. The July 20 images showed work at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station to dismantle a building used to assemble space-launch vehicles and a nearby rocket engine test stand used to develop liquid-fuel engines for ballistic missiles and space-launch vehicles, the 38 North think-tank said. "Since these facilities are believed to have played an important role in the development of technologies for the North’s intercontinental ballistic missile programme, these efforts represent a significant confidence-building measure on the part of North Korea," it said in a report. See here for more detailed images of the work done at the test site. Trump said after his unprecedented June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jo...
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