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New North Korean airfield adds solar panels: UPDATED

Newest military airfield in nation's capital likely used by senior regime elites

Update 26.01.2016: This story was updated to include analysis from Curtis Melvin, saying the new structures are greenhouses, not solar panels. 

North Korea added what looks to be a large solar panel array to a recently constructed military airfield in Pyongyang, updated satellite imagery shows.

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