seoul, south korea – North Korean chief Kim Jong Un inspected photographs taken by the nation’s new spy satellite tv for pc of ‘main goal areas,’ state media reported Saturday, together with the South Korean capital of Seoul and cities that host U.S. navy bases.
Nuclear-armed North Korea launched the satellite tv for pc Tuesday, however South Korean protection officers and analysts mentioned its capabilities haven’t been independently verified.
Kim examined the photographs, in addition to imagery taken of some areas inside North Korea, throughout a go to to the management middle of the National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA) in Pyongyang on Friday, state news company KCNA mentioned.
The photographs had been taken because the satellite tv for pc handed over the peninsula Friday morning, KCNA mentioned, and included photographs of Seoul, and Mokpo, Kunsan, Pyeongtaek, Osan, the place U.S. and South Korean navy bases are positioned.
‘The NATA reported to Kim Jong Un on the plan for photographing the area of south Korean puppets and the extra fine-tuning technique of the reconnaissance satellite tv for pc,’ the report mentioned. That course of would proceed Saturday, it mentioned.
The prime diplomats of the United States, South Korea and Japan spoke Friday and ‘strongly condemned the [Nov. 21] launch for its destabilizing impact on the area,’ the U.S. State Department mentioned in a press release.
Earlier this week KCNA mentioned Kim seen photographs taken above the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam of U.S. navy installations.
South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik mentioned Thursday North Korea had ‘exaggerated’ by saying Kim had already seen the pictures of Guam.
‘Even if it enters regular orbit, it takes a substantial time to hold out regular reconnaissance,’ Yonhap quoted him as saying on the time.