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New North Korean Missile Launch Pad Discovered

Posted Sep 11, 08 2:09 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – Pyongyang is building a new intercontinental ballistic missile launching facility, the AFP reports. Satellite imagery of the new site, on the west coast of North Korea, shows it to be larger and more sophisticated than the country’s current launch pad, security analysts say —though it won't be operational for at least a year.

The new facility “is designed to support a significant flight test program," said the director of GlobalSecurity.org. "It is set up to do a launch three of four times a year, rather than every decade.”

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In this April 25, 2007 file image made from television, missiles are carried during a massive military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea.   (AP Photo/APTN, File)
In this image provided by DigitalGlobe, this satellite view, made on June 22, 2008, shows part of the Tongch'ang-dong facility near Pongdong-ni, North Korea.   (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe)
Children pass by displays of models of North Korea's Scud-B missile, center green, and other South Korea's missiles at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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