CNN: New North Korea photos reveal hidden details of missile program
(CNN)Newly released photos appear to reveal unexpected advances in North Korea's missile program, experts say, including a previously unseen type of projectile.
On Wednesday, North Korean state media KCNA announced leader Kim Jong Un had visited the country's Chemical Material Institute of the Academy of Defense Sciences.
"He instructed the institute to produce more solid-fuel rocket engines and rocket warhead tips by further expanding engine production process," the statement said.
But it was the photos of the inspection released by state media which missile analysts seized upon immediately.
"This is the North Koreans showing us, or at least portraying, that their solid-fuel missile program is improving at a steady rate," David Schmerler, research associate at the Monterey Institute of International Studies' James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, told CNN.
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