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Dulcinea

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Tue Jul 31, 2018, 05:39 AM Jul 2018

North Korea Reportedly Building More ICBMs

Satellite imagery gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies indicates that North Korea is building new ballistic missiles at a factory just outside its capital, according to The Washington Post.

The newspaper, quoting "officials familiar with the intelligence," says North Korea is working on "one and possibly two liquid-fueled ICBMs" at its Sanumdong facility on the outskirts of Pyongyang.

The report follows last month's summit in Singapore between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, after which Trump hailed in a tweet that "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea."

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/31/634201841/despite-denuclearization-pledge-north-korea-reportedly-building-more-icbms

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North Korea Reportedly Building More ICBMs (Original Post) Dulcinea Jul 2018 OP
"officials familiar with the intelligence"? Who leaked this? Snellius Jul 2018 #1

Snellius

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1. "officials familiar with the intelligence"? Who leaked this?
Tue Jul 31, 2018, 10:11 AM
Jul 2018

Someone told someone who told the press. This is very high-level intel. I'm sure the White House does not want to be made public such embarrassing news. "Deep state"? Even paranoids have real enemies sometimes.

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