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A Satellite Tour Of North Korea's Nuclear Facilities

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Though North Korea [DPRK] has toned down the "bellicose rhetoric" about preemptive nuclear strikes, Pyongyang is still maintaining their stance on nuclear development.

Leader Kim Jong-Un vowed to reopen a number of nuclear sites, to include a massive, unfinished 200 MW reactor.

Certainly there may be other, underground facilities, but these facilities are well known and have been thoroughly documented.

The images, information, and attributes were gathered in part by One Free Korea, a nonprofit advocacy group.

First here's a map of North Korea's nuclear refinement facilities.



Here's where it's thought that the DPRK conducted their underground nuclear test, as well as the rocket tests.



Planners placed the facilities as far north as possible, away from enemies and closer to China.



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