Kim Jong-un reveals that North Korea is developing satellites to spy on the United States and its allies

the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Unstated that the regime’s latest missile tests correspond to a satellite development program to gather information on United States and its allies, according to the North Korean agency KCNA today.

kim He made this statement during a visit to North Korea’s National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA), after Pyongyang will test another ballistic missile last Saturday in which it was his ninth test so far this year.

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North Korean state media noted after the latest launch that it was an “important test” to develop a reconnaissance satellitelike the one carried out a week before by Pyongyang.

During his visit to the facilities of the national aerospace agency, Kim expressed “his great satisfaction” in verifying “the method of aerospace photography, the high resolution operational characteristics and the reliability of the image transmission systems through the recent and important tests”, according to the KCNA.

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The development of a reconnaissance satellite “It represents an important step towards the main objectives in terms of Defense” fixed in the congress of the only North Korean party, highlighted kimwho also underlined “the strategic importance” of this program “to strengthen deterrent war capabilities” and “war preparation”.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the North Korea National Aerospace Development Administration in Pyongyang. (AFP).

The North Korean dictator also stated that the objective of developing and operating military surveillance satellites is to provide North Korean troops with “real-time information on the military actions of aggression by the imperialist forces of the United States and its vassals in South Korea, Japan and in the Pacific”.

kim He also recalled the objective set by the North Korean aerospace agency at the request of the single party congress to “put numerous military reconnaissance satellites in sun-synchronous orbit in a period of five years”, with a view to having “a strong intelligence gathering capacity”.

The KCNA, which also released photos of the leader’s visit to the North’s aerospace facilities without specifying when exactly it took place, published this information the day after the holding of presidential elections in South Korea.

Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol narrowly edged liberal Lee Jae-myung, and in addition to marking Seoul’s shift to the right, he comes to power with a harsher tone toward Pyongyang than the liberal ruling party. , who opted for the inter-Korean thaw.

But the dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington on denuclearization remains in the deadlock of 2019, and the return to North Korean weapons tests in recent months, including hypersonic missiles and intermediate-range ballistic projectiles, raises fears of a new escalation of tensions in the peninsula.

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Source: Elcomercio