North Korea May Soon Complete Satellite Launch Site Upgrade
- Images Show Nation Near End of 3-Year Program, 38 North Says
- Upgrade could enable Kim Jong Un to launch rockets into space
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North Korea may be near the end of a three-year upgrade of its Sohae satellite launch site, potentially enabling the isolated nation to test and fire larger rockets, a U.S. research institute that monitors the country said.
Satellite images show that construction of new propellant bunkers at the site near the border with China is near completion, 38 North reported. This could enable leader Kim Jong Un to launch rockets into space by the first quarter of 2016, according to the website run by the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University.