Reports based on satellite images are claiming
that North Korea has made some efforts to rebuilt facilities at a
missile launch site that was in the progress of being dismantled after
the first Trump-Kim summit.
38 North and CSIS are saying the images show North Korea replaced a roof
at one building, and also fixed a broken door at the same site, at the
Tongchang-ri launch site.
John Bolton responded to the report with threats for even more “crushing
economic sanctions.” It’s not clear that’s even theoretically possible,
as the US has already cut North Korea off so far from the world that
South Korea can’t even connect a road at the border.
The State Department appeared more realistic, saying that they didn’t
think the construction was anything particularly alarming. Though Bolton
is always eager to threaten, the reality is that putting a roof on a
building or a door on its hinges, probably doesn’t portend new missile
tests.
Report: North Korea Rebuilt Structures at Missile Site
Bolton threatens more sanctions if they don't stop
Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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