North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released on Sept. 16, 2017, by the Korean Central News Agency. Reuters/KCNA
PRI: What can satellites reveal about North Korea's missile and nuclear sites? Not enough.
Vehicles and equipment were detected near the uranium-enrichment facility at the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in North Korea last month.
Was this a telltale sign that the North Koreans were ramping up nuclear-related activities at one of its most sensitive military sites?
Maybe not, according to analysts at 38 North.
“The purpose of these vehicles and equipment is unclear,” wrote the authors of a recent report on the 38 North website that describes itself as providing “[i]nformed analysis of events in and around North Korea.”
Experts have been watching North Korea closely since the end of the failed summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi at the end of February, looking for signs of what Kim will do next. Satellite imagery is one of the best ways to peer into the isolated country. But analyzing those images is something that needs to be done carefully.
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