Imagery Shows North Korea Making Expanding Yongbyon Nuclear Complex
Considering North Korea’s stated commitment to expanding its nuclear arsenal this news should not be surprising:
Recent commercial satellite imagery indicates North Korea continues to expand and refurbish its Yongbyon nuclear complex, reinforcing concerns the country is acting on leader Kim Jong-un’s recent call for an “exponential” increase in its nuclear arsenal, 38 North, a U.S. think tank, said Friday.
Korea Times
The report based on satellite imagery taken April 20 said significant construction and improvement activities have been detected throughout the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, particularly around the Experimental Light Water Reactor (ELWR), the 5 MWe Reactor and within the uranium conversion area.
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Hey GI, what did you think of General Hollingsworth? And what do you think of him now?
His plan for responding to a North Korean attack was a “9-day” counterattack to defeat the nork armed forces and capture Pyongyang (instead of a semi-passive defense along the DMZ).
Would it have worked then? Would it work now? Would nukes play a role (assuming they can actually do more than blow up nork mountain tunnels)?
Had a deal been made in Hanoi, the North Koreans would not be expanding Yongbyon and we wouldn’t be discussing what the North Koreans are doing in terms of firing missiles and such.
Such short sightedness in foreign policy by the Americans who create more problems than solving them.
@setnaffa, there is a lot of variables that would play into this, but I believe it will be critical to as quickly as possible to capture Pyongyang during a conflict because if the ROK doesn’t the Chinese will. I believe the Chinese will move into North Korea as soon as they realize the Kim regime is in danger of being defeated and occupy Pyongyang. Once they hold Pyongyang any dream of a unified Korea ends.
Good analysis, GI.
I was just wondering about General H. He seemed to have a similarity with Patton. Great fighting general who too often said what he meant in a way that triggered the leftists.