US CSIS satellite image analysis report… “New detour in the command center due to heavy rain”
Some flood damage was captured through satellite images, such as the restoration of Tunnel No. 4 at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in Gilju-gun, North Hamgyong Province, amid heavy rains in North Korea for the past two months.
The report of Beyond Parallel, a website specializing in North Korea by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), announced on the 29th (local time) that this was confirmed as a result of analysis of satellite images taken on the 24th.
First of all, the report said that no additional movement was detected in the case of Tunnel 3 in Punggye-ri, which is designated as the site of North Korea’s seventh nuclear test. It’s not a job,” he said.
In addition, no additional restoration work was observed in Tunnel No. 4, where restoration movement has been detected.
“The recent heavy rains appear to have temporarily halted the restoration work,” the report said.
“The purpose of the construction of Tunnel 4 may be to expand North Korea’s nuclear test capability, but we reaffirm that there are also claims that North Korea is carrying out unnecessary construction to disguise itself,” he added.
Flood damage was also confirmed around the command center.
“A new detour has been added to the only connecting road connecting the headquarters and support facilities,” the report analyzed.
The South Korean and US governments have consistently raised concerns that North Korea has completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test and, in effect, only the decision of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un remains.
Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop appeared at the National Assembly Defense Committee and said, “Unusual trends are unidentified in the state where a nuclear test is possible in Tunnel 3 of the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site.”
/yunhap news