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Report: North Korea Building New Ballistic Missiles

Hank Berrien

Recent satellite photos indicate that North Korea is constructing new missiles in Sanumdong, where a factory produced the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States.

It appears that work is continuing on one and possibly two liquid-fueled ICBMs at a large research facility, according to The Washington Post. The Post stated, “The Sanumdong factory has produced two of North Korea’s ICBMs, including the powerful Hwasong-15, the first with a proven range that could allow it to strike the U.S. East Coast. The newly-obtained evidence points to ongoing work on at least one Hwasong-15 at the Sanumdong plant, according to imagery collected by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in recent weeks.”

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