Satellite Images Show North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Facility

[GMDino]

NOTE: I do not know if the photo used is of an actual nuclear site in NK.  I don't want to mislead anyone that the story may not be 100% true due to the photo used.

Moving along....

http://time.com/5323254/north-korea-nuclear-upgrade/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=time&utm_medium=social&xid=time_socialflow_facebook

Quote:North Korea has continued to make “rapid” infrastructure improvements at a nuclear research facility despite leader Kim Jong Un’s recent pledge to “work toward complete denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula, satellite images show.


Analysis of commercial satellite images obtained by Pyongyang-monitoring site 38 North reveals upgrades “continuing at a rapid pace” throughout North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, including modifications to its plutonium production reactor’s cooling system.

At least two newly erected non-industrial buildings are visible in the images, captured on June 21, and various improvements have been made to other buildings and facilities according to a post on the site written by Frank V. Pabian, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. and Jack Liu.

However, the post’s authors say the continued work “should not be seen as having any relationship to North Korea’s pledge to denuclearize,” adding that the North’s “nuclear cadre can be expected to proceed with business as usual until specific orders are issued from Pyongyang.”

Jenny Town, 38 North’s managing editor, wrote on Twitter that the ongoing upgrades at Yongbyon underscore “why an actual deal is necessary, not just a statement of lofty goals.”

Read more: The Story of President Trump and Kim Jong Un’s Singapore Summit in Five Photos

The day after U.S. President Donald Trump met Kim for a historic summit in Singapore on June 12, the American leader declared that Pyongyang was “no longer a nuclear threat.” Ten days later, he renewed longstanding sanctions on the Kim regime, citing the “extraordinary threat” the country’s nuclear weapons pose.

Many analysts are skeptical that Kim will give up his nuclear arsenal, pointing to the collapse of similar deals in the past. The vague wording of the Singapore declaration, which omits the terms “verifiable” and “irreversible” previously insisted upon by the Trump administration, has heightened uncertainty over the implications of the deal.

At a press conference in Seoul on June 14, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said sanctions on North Korea would remain in place until denuclearization occurred, but offered few details about how the complex process of complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization would be implemented.

[jj22]

Not shocked at all.

[*Nately120*]

You really gotta respect the way NK ignores the rules of civility and decency in order to promote their own agenda, right?

[*michaelsean*]

No way. They met and stuff.

[fredtoast]

This makes no difference to a lot of people

"North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat."

Trump said it. They believe it. And that settles it.

[*Nately120*]

(06-27-2018, 04:36 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This makes no difference to a lot of people

"North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat."

Trump said it.  They believe it.  And that settles it.

True. The liberal media would love to make it look that way.  Better wait for someone honest like Trump of his press Secretary for the truth .

[jj22]

(06-27-2018, 04:36 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This makes no difference to a lot of people

"North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat."

Trump said it.  They believe it.  And that settles it.

His supporters slept good that one night.