The base of Sinpung-Dong missiles, considered “not declared”, is only 27 km from the border with China, according to a report by a think tank American.
North Korea has built a secret military base near its China border, which could welcome Pyongyang’s latest long -range ballistic missiles, according to a report cited by the British newspaper.
Described as “not declared”, the base of the missile operation of Sinpung-dong It is about 27 km from the Chinese border, the center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), based in Washington.
According to the document, the installation, located in the province of Pyongan do Norte, will be able to host Between six and nine ballistic missiles Intercontinental (ICBM) with nuclear warheads, as well as its launchers.
These weapons “represent a potential nuclear threat For east Asia and the United States, ”the report adds.
Since the US -failed summit in 2019, North Korea has accelerated its nuclear program. The leader of the country, Kim Jong-unIt has recently appealed to the “rapid expansion” of the country’s nuclear capacity, which remains diplomatically isolated.
The report, which CSIS described as the first public confirmation and deepened from the existence of Sinpung-Dong, indicates that the base is part of a set of “about 15 to 20 ballistic missile basesmaintenance centers, support, missile and warhead storage that North Korea has never officially declared. ”
The installation “It will not have been the target of any negotiations of denuclearization previously conducted between the United States and North Korea, ”the study adds.
Based on the current evaluations of its analysts, CSIS stresses that launchers and missiles can be dislocated from the base in crisis situations or war, join and make more difficult releases to detect from other areas of the country.
The base, together with others, “constitutes one of the main elements of what is presumed to be the North Korea Evolution Ballistic Strategyas well as the reinforcement of your nuclear deterrent and large-scale attacking capacity, ”reads the report.
Between Kim Jong-un and then-US president Donald Trump in Hanoi, Vietnam, failed due to divergences about what Pyongyang would be willing to grant in exchange for a relief from sanctions. Since then, North Korea has reiterated that will never give up your arsenal and declared a Nuclear state “irreversible”.
After the Ukraine invasion of Russia, Pyongyang further narrowed the ties with Moscow. South Korean and Western information services stated that by 2024 the North Korean regime for Russia-especially for the Kursk region-as well as artillery ammunition, missiles and long-range rocket systems.
Washington claims to have evidence that Russia has been intensifying its support to North Korea, including assistance in advanced technologies satellite and spatial, in exchange for military aid provided against Ukraine.
Analysts recall that satellite launchers and ICBM share much of the same base technology.
