Friday, April 6, 2012

#Breaking News satellite images of a North Korean rocket launch site show empty fuel and oxidizer tanks,

tim h lin  -  Yesterday 5:25 PM  -  Limited
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Satellite images show "extensive preparations" for a planned rocket launch in North Korea in April

Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, North Korea

Mon Apr 2, 6:30 a.m. KST: +The Associated Press reports that new satellite images of a North Korean rocket launch site show a mobile radar trailer and rows of what appear to be empty fuel and oxidizer tanks, evidence of ramped-up preparation for what Washington calls a cover for a long-range missile test.

An analysis of images provided to The Associated Press by the U.S.-Korea Institute at +Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies shows Pyongyang "has undertaken more extensive preparations for its planned April rocket launch than previously understood." The images were taken Wednesday.

Read more:http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gb6p1i0WCOmA8PlxvURVlYxWVVvA?docId=64ef4a110dee46b993b2321a394c8c0a

Image: This March 28 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows North Korea's Tongchang-ri Launch Facility on the nation’s northwest coast. The image appears to show preparations beginning for a long-range rocket launch. (+The Associated Press/DigitalGlobe

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