North Korea has completed first military recon satellite, state media says
Kim Jong Un justifies satellite's development as response to US-ROK exercises during visit to space agency with daughter
Kim Jong Un and his daughter inspect new technologies at North Korea's space agency | Image: KCNA (April 19, 2023)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter visited the country’s space agency on Tuesday to inspect “completed” work on the country’s first military reconnaissance satellite, according to state media.
The visit to the National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) follows the DPRK’s earlier statement that it would finish work on the satellite by April, as it continues to push forward one of the main defense goals laid out at the Eighth Party Congress in Jan. 2021.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter visited the country’s space agency on Tuesday to inspect “completed” work on the country’s first military reconnaissance satellite, according to state media.
The visit to the National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) follows the DPRK’s earlier statement that it would finish work on the satellite by April, as it continues to push forward one of the main defense goals laid out at the Eighth Party Congress in Jan. 2021.
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