SECRET – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Prepares Missile Launch

Bernd Pulch SECRET April 10, 2012April 10, 2012 3 Minutes

A North Korean cameraman films a map with the site of launch pad of the rocket Unah-3 at the Tongchang-ri space center on April 8, 2012. North Korea’s long-range rocket is on its launch platform, AFP reporters said Sunday, as the regime again insisted it was to send a peaceful satellite and not a missile. The usually secretive North organised an unprecedented visit for foreign reporters to Tongchang-ri space centre in an effort to show its Unha-3 rocket is not a disguised ballistic missile, as claimed by the US and its allies. Getty

North Korean officials and foreign journalists leave the launch pad after a visit to see the rocket Unha-3 in Tangachai -ri space center on April 8, 2012. North Korea has confirmed their intentions to launch the rocket next week despite international condemnations. Getty

The North Korean Unha-3 rocket is pictured at Tangachai -ri space center on April 8, 2012. North Korea has confirmed their intention to launch the rocket next week despite international condemnations. Getty

North Korean soldiers stand guard in front of the Unha-3 rocket at Tangachai -ri space center on April 8, 2012. North Korea has confirmed their intention to launch the rocket next week despite international condemnations. Getty

Engineers are seen checking the Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket sitting on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, during a guided media tour by North Korean authorities in the northwest of Pyongyang April 8, 2012. North Korea has readied a rocket for a launch from a forested valley in its remote northwest this week that will showcase the reclusive state’s ability to fire a missile with the capacity to hit the continental United States. Picture taken April 8, 2012. Getty

The North Korean rocket Unha-3 rocket is pictured at the Tongchang-ri space center on April 8, 2012. North Korea’s long-range rocket is on its launch platform, AFP reporters said Sunday, as the regime again insisted it was to send a peaceful satellite and not a missile. The usually secretive North organised an unprecedented visit for foreign reporters to Tongchang-ri space centre in an effort to show its Unha-3 rocket is not a disguised ballistic missile, as claimed by the US and its allies. Getty

Scientists are seen monitoring the Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket in a control room at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site during a guided media tour by North Korean authorities in the northwest of Pyongyang April 8, 2012. North Korea has readied a rocket for a launch from a forested valley in its remote northwest this week that will showcase the reclusive state’s ability to fire a missile with the capacity to hit the continental United States. The Korean characters on the banner read “Let us occupy the high target of building a powerful nation by relying on the strength of science and technology!” Picture taken April 8, 2012. Reuters

Mobile Patriot missile launchers, center, are set up at a Japan Air Self-Defense Force base on Miyakojima island in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, Monday, April 9, 2012 in preparation for North Korea’s rocket launch slated between April 12 and 16. North Korean space officials moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity.

U.S. Navy’s guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) sails in the East China Sea, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) northeast of Miyakojima island in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, Monday, April 9, 2012. North Korean space officials moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch slated between April 12 and 16 towards south over the East China Sea and the Pacific.

Published April 10, 2012April 10, 2012

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