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NORTH KOREA: Per Yonhap: "North Korea appears to be nearing completion of a
ballistic missile facility with the capacity to test-fire intercontinental
ballistic missiles, an expert with a U.S. think tank said Tuesday. The Sil-li
Ballistic Missile Support Facility, which was "previously undisclosed," is
approximately 17 kilometers northwest of Pyongyang and close to Pyongyang
International Airport, Joseph Bermudez wrote in a report for the Center for
Strategic and International Studies. His conclusions are based on satellite
imagery. "A new facility is nearing completion near Pyongyang International
Airport that is almost certainly related to North Korea's expanding ballistic
missile program," he wrote. "A high-bay 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."
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com

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