North Korean missile engine test facility confirmed movement December 17th 11:56
US experts analyzed the latest satellite photos of a satellite launch facility that North Korea has conducted "significant experiments" twice this month, and as a result, it was confirmed that the missile engine test facility was moving. Therefore, the view that there was a possibility that the injection experiment etc. was done was shown.
NHK obtained the latest satellite photos of the “Sohe (Saikai) satellite launch site” in Tonchanli (Higashikurasato), Northwest, where North Korea conducted a serious experiment on the 7th and 13th of this month.
According to this, on the 12th of this month, you can see that the white cover that had hidden the passage leading to the missile engine combustion experiment facility was separated from the experiment facility on the 15th photo. In this facility, the satellite photo of this month after the first experiment shows that the ground near the experimental facility changed as if it had been blown away.
Jeffrey Lewis of Middlebury International Graduate School Monterey, USA, who researches North Korea ’s nuclear problem by analyzing satellite photos, told NHK ’s interview, “The cover is to hide North Korean engineers preparing the experiment. "I think they were away from the facility during the rocket engine injection experiment."
Regarding the announcement that the North Korea experiment was 7 minutes, Mr. Lewis pointed out that "it may have been an experiment such as re-entry into the atmosphere because it is longer than the normal injection experiment," North Korea said. Showed the view that there is a risk of steadily developing ICBM = intercontinental ballistic missile.