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Satellite Spots Preparations for N.Korean Nuke Test
A U.S. military satellite has detected "imminent signs" of a fresh North Korean nuclear test, CNN quoted a senior Defense Department official as saying Monday.The Pentagon official said the satellite last weekend photographed a tarpaulined tunnel entrance at a nuclear test site in Punggye-ri, North Hamgyong Province. This could be an attempt to prevent the surveillance satellite from spying on the process of preparing for an underground nuclear test. The final preparatory stage of a nuclear test would be to fill up the tunnel entrance. The same day, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se met with EU foreign minister Catherine Ashton in New York. "If North Korea carries out a fresh nuclear test or fires mid-range missiles, the international community should slap strong sanctions on Pyongyang enough to put the kibosh on the issue," Yun said.
Seoul has stepped up 24-hour surveillance, believing that a fourth North Korean nuclear test is imminent. "We can't rule out that the North is bluffing," a government official said. "But it seems theyâve finished preparations for a nuclear test and are now just waiting for the regime to give the go-ahead." Posted by: Steve White 2014-05-07 |
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