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February 15, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-institute-says-nkorea-upgrading-rocket-launch-site-possibly-with-irans-help/2013/02/14/09a361a6-76d2-11e2-b102-948929030e64_story.html

North Korea Upgrading Rocket Launch Site, Possibly with Iran's Help

(AP-Washington Post) North Korea is upgrading one of its two major missile launch sites, apparently to handle much bigger rockets, and some design features suggest it is getting help from Iran, a U.S. research institute said Thursday. An analysis written for "38 North," the website of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, indicates that North Korea has made significant progress since October in constructing a new launchpad and other facilities at Tonghae. The assessment, based on commercial satellite photos, says design features, including a flame trench covering that protects large rockets from the hot exhaust gases they emit on takeoff, is similar to one at a launch complex in Semnan, Iran, and hasn't been used by North Korea before.

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