North Korea shows off surveillance satellite it claims it can launch
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has shown off the pariah state's first surveillance satellite.
Military Reconnaissance Satellite No. 1 was showcased on Wednesday by state newswire KCNA – sadly without any details about the orbiter's capabilities. Kim declared"The successful launch of a military reconnaissance satellite is an urgent request starting from the established national security environment, an accurate implementation process of the Party and the government of the Republic of Korea's top priority policy to strengthen national defense capabilities, and at the same time, the country's space military and science and technology.
He added the bird is a necessary asset to defend the North from"confrontation maneuvers by the US imperialists and the South Korean puppet villains."If the Democratic People's Republic of Korea launches this satellite it will be quite a feat – only ten nations and the European Union have managed to send objects into space atop their own vehicles.
North Korea certainly possesses advanced missile technology and nuclear weapons. It uses the existence of same to deter intervention in its repressive regime, which perpetuates Kim's power while doing very little for the nation's impoverished citizens.
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