President Trump says he would be 'very, very disappointed' if North Korea is rebuilding a long-range rocket site that had been dormant since last summer.
A March 2 photo of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, North Korea's only operational space launch facility, shows rapid rebuilding, say researchers from Beyond Parallel.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would be"very, very disappointed" if North Korea is rebuilding a long-range rocket site at Sohae that had been dormant since last summer.
The site, North Korea's only operational space launch facility, has been used in the past for satellite launches. These launches use similar technology to what is used for intercontinental ballistic missiles. "Current activity is deliberate and purposeful," authors Joseph S. Bermudez and Victor Cha wrote. The activity is"evident at the vertical engine test stand and the launch pad's rail mounted rocket transfer structure."In an interview with NBC News, Cha said the North Koreans may be trying to send Trump a message after talks between the American president and his counterpart Kim Jong Un broke down in Vietnam last week.
"It's entirely possible that they know we are watching this and they may be sending a signal," Cha said."There is no activity at this site since August of 2018 and certainly no activity before the Hanoi summit, so to start up this activity only 48 hours after the failed summit is a clear sign that they're angry and that they want to send a message to President Trump."
The North Koreans began to dismantle some facilities at Sohae after the first summit between the two leaders in Singapore in June 2018, according to Beyond Parallel.
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