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Re: UN Sec.Council Discusses N.Korea Threat After Spy Satellites Nuclear Aircraft Ph
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss North Korea
North Korea Claims Spy Satellite Has Photographed White House and Pentagon on 21 November.
Malligyong-1 Also Sent Detailed Pictures of US Nuclear Aircraft Carriers, Says Regime
BBC 28 NOV 2023
An official from the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs briefs the council after North Korea claimed that it had successfully launched a military reconnaissance satellite on 21 November.
North Korea has claimed its recently launched satellite has sent back “detailed” images of the White House, the Pentagon and US nuclear aircraft carriers that have been viewed by the regime leader, Kim Jong-un.
The existence of the images has not been independently verified, and experts say it is too soon to determine if the Malligyong-1 spy satellite is functioning properly, a week after its launch.
On Tuesday, the state-run KCNA news agency said Kim, who viewed the launch then hosted a banquet for scientists and space programme workers, had viewed photos of the two US government sites, which were taken late on Monday night.
The satellite also took photographs of a US naval base, a shipyard and an airfield in Virginia, KCNA said, adding that the images contained four US nuclear aircraft carriers and a British aircraft carrier.
The regime in Pyongyang will be eager to extract maximum propaganda value from last Tuesday’s launch, which drew immediate condemnation from Washington and raised tensions along the heavily armed inter-Korean border.
The North has also claimed the satellite took photos of military installations in South Korea, as well as the US Pacific territory of Guam and the state of Hawaii. None of the images have been made public.
Military officials in South Korea say they believe Malligyong-1 has entered orbit, but have so far been unable to tell if it is capable of taking and sending images from space.
The spy satellite, which is thought to have been made possible with Russian technological help, sparked angry scenes at the UN security council on Monday.
The North Korean ruler, Kim Jong-un, sitting at left, meets with senior staff of the National Aerospace Technology Administration (Nata), during a party in celebration of the claimed launch of a spy satellite.
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