Report: North Korea has ‘undeclared’ ICBM base near China border

Report: North Korea has ‘undeclared’ ICBM base near China border

SpaceWar.com reports: “North Korea has built a secret military base near its border with China which may house Pyongyang’s newest long-range ballistic missiles, according to new research.

The ‘undeclared’ Sinpung-dong Missile Operating Base lies about 27 kilometres (17 miles) from the Chinese frontier, the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a report published Wednesday.

The facility in North Pyongan Province likely houses six to nine nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and their launchers, the study said.

It said the weapons ‘pose a potential nuclear threat to East Asia and the continental United States’. North Korea has ramped up its nuclear weapons programme since a failed summit with the United States in 2019, and leader Kim Jong Un recently called for the ‘rapid expansion’ of the diplomatically isolated nation’s nuclear capability…”

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