North Korean leader's sister defends spy satellite's capabilities
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister has defended Pyongyang's development of advanced technology to capture images from space thanks to a spy satellite, after experts questioned the quality of the images it was supposed to have taken after it was launched at the weekend.
North Korea announced that it had conducted an "important experiment in the context of the final stage of developing a spy satellite, which it intends to complete in April 2023," but experts in Seoul immediately questioned this, saying that the quality of the images supposedly taken from the satellite is very poor.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of the North Korean leader, said, "It is inappropriate and reckless to evaluate the progress and expertise of Pyongyang in the field of satellite development based on these two black and white pictures. We have conducted the necessary experiment and reported an important and satisfactory result."
Kim Yo Jong stressed that the camera installed on the satellite is as reliable as the ground control in a suitable spaceflight environment. She also considered that the data transmission devices are reliable.
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