N. Korea unlikely to conduct nuclear or long-range missile test: 38 North
- 9 years ago
Pyongyang is unlikely to carry out a nuclear test or missile launch over the next few months.
Citing satellite imagery,... the U.S. website 38 North says there are only signs of regular maintenance at North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site and... the Sohae ... Satellite Launching Station.
But the site also notes that... if it wanted to... the North Korean leadership could move forward quickly... with either a bomb test or missile launch.
This analysis comes amid speculation that the North might carry out a provocation in response to the ongoing annual joint military drills between South Korea and the United States.
No matter how many times Seoul and Washington reiterate the exercises are purely defensive in nature, Pyongyang perceives the drills as a rehearsal for war.
Citing satellite imagery,... the U.S. website 38 North says there are only signs of regular maintenance at North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site and... the Sohae ... Satellite Launching Station.
But the site also notes that... if it wanted to... the North Korean leadership could move forward quickly... with either a bomb test or missile launch.
This analysis comes amid speculation that the North might carry out a provocation in response to the ongoing annual joint military drills between South Korea and the United States.
No matter how many times Seoul and Washington reiterate the exercises are purely defensive in nature, Pyongyang perceives the drills as a rehearsal for war.