The ‘undeclared’ Sinpung-dong missile operating base is just 27km from the border with China, report by US thinktank says
North Korea has built a secret military base near its border with China which may house Pyongyang’s newest long-range ballistic missiles, according to new research.
The “undeclared” Sinpung-dong missile operating base lies about 27km (17 miles) from the Chinese frontier, the Washington-based thinktank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a report published on Wednesday.
The facility in North Pyongan province likely houses six to nine nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and their launchers, the study said.
And? I’m not trying to be flippant, but given the range of ICBMs does its location in that small of a country matter? And we’ve known for a while they’re working in ICBMs so really I fail to see what is alarming about this specifically.
Their ICBMs are not what American and Soviet ICBMs are/were. Best I could find was 2,800 miles, only a threat to Asia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_Korean_missile_tests
Wikipedia puts “ICBM” range at a minimum of 3,400 miles.
But you’re right, who gives a damn where in NK the base is. As unreliable as their tests have been, though getting better!, a few hundred miles north or south, meh.
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