Satellite images of a North Korean rocket assembly facility suggest possible launch preparations, Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Project at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, told CNN
The images, taken February 22 by imaging company DigitalGlobe, reveal an uptick in activity at a facility in Sanumdong, a suburb of the capital Pyongyang.North Korea has previously assembled some of its intercontinental ballistic missiles and satellite-launching rockets at Sanumdong.Two experts CNN interviewed said they believed the activity suggested a satellite launch.
" Lewis cautioned that it is impossible to know whether the North Koreans are preparing a military missile or a space rocket. It's also possible that the activity was a deliberate attempt to draw the attention of US spy satellites.The US State Department has declined to comment.
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