Report Claims North Korea Has Secret Long-Range Missile Base Near China, Raising Potential U.S. Security Concerns
The Sinpung-dong base likely houses 6-9 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles, enhancing North Korea's strategic deterrence and complicating U.S. military response options, CSIS reports.
- North Korea has built a secret missile base near its border with China that likely houses 6-9 intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States.
- The undeclared Sinpung-dong Missile Operating Base is one of about 15-20 ballistic missile bases North Korea has never declared.
- The base, covering around 22 square km, has warehouses, an underground facility, and dispersed housing and support buildings, according to analysis of satellite imagery and open-source information.
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A new report by a US research group indicates that North Korea operates near China a large base with the infrastructure to launch up to ten ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads on the United States.
Inside North Korea’s base hidden in forest that could launch missiles at US
Satellite images reveal an undeclared missile base in North Korea’s Singpung, just 27 kilometres away from the border with China. Constructed in the early 2000s, it is believed to house the country’s six to nine intercontinental ballistic missiles, along with their mobile launchers, which could pose a ‘nuclear threat’ to the United States and East Asia

North Korea reportedly has secret missile base near China
North Korea has quietly built and operated a sprawling long-range missile base near the Chinese border that stores Kim Jong Un’s most advanced strategic weapons, demonstrating the regime’s ongoing efforts to advance its nuclear strike capabilities, a think tank said.
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