Mar 24, 2023

Sohae Satellite Launching Station: Enhancement Efforts Continue and Possible Missile Silo

...construction and recent test at the new Horizontal Engine Test Stand (HETS) and continued work on other major components of the launch station complex underscore the DPRK’s commitment toward meeting...Read More

Nov 02, 2023

Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center: An Overview of Changes at the Uranium Enrichment and Conversion Facilities

...addition is still unclear. Figure 1. Overview of the UEP and Conversion Complex. Image Pleiades NEO © Airbus DS 2023. For media options, please contact thirtyeightnorth@gmail.com. Uranium Conversion Area South...Read More

Jun 09, 2022

Is North Korea Restarting Construction of the 50 MWe Reactor at Yongbyon? It’s Unlikely

...been stalled for eight years, and the previously installed reactor components had not been maintained. Today, based on eyewitness accounts from 2007 through 2010, as well as commercial satellite imagery,...Read More

Feb 03, 2014

That Ain’t My Truck: Where North Korea Assembled Its Chinese Transporter-Erector-Launchers

...Off-Road Trucks],” China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp., October 19, 2010, http://www.casic.com.cn/n16/n1115/n2888/548509.html; “湖北三江航天万山特种车辆有限公司 [Hubei Sanjiang Space Wanshan Special Vehicle Company, Ltd.],” China Sanjiang Space Group, 31 March 2011, http://www.cssg.com.cn/Item/235.aspx; “湖北三江航天万山特种车辆有限公司...Read More