North Korea assured this Saturday that its spy satellite launched this week has taken images of potential targets in neighboring South Korea, especially in areas where several prominent US military bases are located.
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, visited again the day before the general control center of the National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA) in Pyongyang, from where the satellite mission is coordinated, and there he They showed him “photographs of major target regions, including Mokpo, Gunsan, Pyeongtaek, Osan, Seoul and other areas,” state news agency KCNA reported in a statement.
In the city of Pyeongtaek, in the north of South Korea, Camp Humphreys is located, the largest US military base outside of North American territory. Gunsan and Osan also host bases.
The photographs would have been taken between 10:15 and 10:27 local time on Friday, “when the satellite passed over the Korean peninsula,” according to the information released by said media.
Kim, who already traveled to the control center hours after the launch of the device, which took place late Tuesday in the Asian country, visited the facilities again “to review the operational preparation of the reconnaissance satellite.”
The regime has indicated that the satellite mission will officially begin on December 1, but assures that the device has already captured relevant images, including of several US military installations on the island of Guam.
NATA informed Kim “about the enemy region photography plan and the process of further adjustment of the reconnaissance satellite” planned for this Saturday morning, KCNA added without further details.
Pyongyang has not published any images taken by the satellite, which would serve to confirm that it works correctly, something that no third country has yet ventured to affirm.
