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New North Korean Missile Base Reported

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 11, 2008

WASHINGTON - North Korea has quietly built a long-range missile base that is larger and more capable than an older and well-known launchpad for intercontinental ballistic missiles, according to independent analysts relying on new satellite images of the site and other data.

Construction on the site on North Korea's west coast began at least eight years ago, according to Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., senior analyst with Jane's Information Group, and Tim Brown of Talent-keyhole.com, a private satellite imagery analysis company.

Bermudez located the site first, in early spring, and they have tracked its construction using commercial and unclassified satellite imagery.

"The primary purpose of the facility is to test," Bermudez said.

A base capable of a long-range test could obviously be used in wartime to launch a missile that carried a warhead.

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