Mysterious underground facilities discovered near North Korea nuclear complex
by Russ Read
September 22, 2019 05:11 PM While the future of talks between the United States and North Korea remains uncertain, satellite imagery of a North Korean nuclear complex has revealed the existence of two secret underground facilities.
The Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, approximately 60 miles north of Pyongyang, has long been suspected of having such facilities, but the identification of tunnel entrances and soil piles offer proof of their existence.
"While it is impossible to remotely discern their purposes, their location within Yongbyon’s security perimeter and subsequent camouflaging qualify them as subjects of interest for future inspection teams," analysts with 38 North, a website focused on North Korea, said in a report.
There is speculation that the underground facilities house uranium enrichment centers. Experts have long believed North Korea has uranium enrichment capabilities in addition to the declared Yongbyon facility, which produced nuclear material for six of the Kim regime's weapons tests. This speculation began in 2013, when a North Korean defector sketched out the facility and possible underground areas that were used to hide "materials and laboratory testing equipment and important systems" prior to international inspections.
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