Add four DigitalGlobe photos below 30 March 2009 |
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This satellite image released by DigitalGlobe shows the northeast coastal
Musudan-ni launch pad in North Korea on Sunday March 29, 2009. Commercial
satellite imagery taken Sunday by DigitalGlobe clearly shows what appears
to be a three-stage launch vehicle on the east coast launch pad in Musudan-ni
on North Korea's east coast, said Tim Brown, an analyst for Globalsecurity.
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This DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite image taken on March 29, 2009 shows
the North Korea rocket launch facility in Musudan Ri, North Korea. The United
States has no plans to shoot down a missile North Korea plans to launch in
a test Washington sees as a step toward developing an intercontinental ballistic
missile, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on March 29, 2009. North
Korea says it will launch a communications satellite between April 4 and
8, but regional powers believe it will test a long-range missile, the
Taepodong-2, which is already thought to be on its launch pad. |
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DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite image taken on March 29, 2009 shows the
North Korea rocket launch facility in Musudan Ri, North Korea. The United
States has no plans to shoot down a missile North Korea plans to launch in
a test Washington sees as a step toward developing an intercontinental ballistic
missile, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on March 29, 2009. North
Korea says it will launch a communications satellite between April 4 and
8, but regional powers believe it will test a long-range missile, the
Taepodong-2, which is already thought to be on its launch pad. |
This satellite image released by DigitalGlobe shows the northeast coastal
Musudan-ni launch pad, center right, and assembly building, left, in blue,
in North Korea on Sunday March 29, 2009. |
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Captions by Associated Press |
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North Korean soldiers watch USS Pueblo, which was seized by North Korean
navy off the Korean coast in Jan. 1968, near Taedonggang river in Pyongyang,
Thursday, June 22, 2006. North Korea's Korea News Service said the U.S. navy
intelligence ship is open to the public as part of the country's anti-U.S.
campaign. North Korea captured the ship, charging its crew with being on
a spying mission. (AP Photo/Korea Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
** JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT ** (06/23/2006) |
A U.S. Navy E2C Hawkeye approaches the USS Ronald Reagan for landing on the
deck in the "Valiant Shield" exercises in the Pacific Ocean, off Guam coast,
Wednesday, June 21, 2006. Fears of North Korea's long-range missile test
this week strengthens U.S.-Japan security alliance. Japan is firmly under
the U.S. nuclear umbrella, and Washington bases some 50,000 troops on Japanese
soil and waters. The two are progressively melding their militaries for greater
cooperation. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) (06/23/2006) |
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An undated photograph released by the
Missile Defense
Agency shows the Joint National Integration Center at Schriever Air Force
Base near Colorado Springs, Colo., date unknown. The center monitors missile
defense. All eyes - and ears - are on North Korea as the United States and
its allies are watching from land, air, sea and space to learn whether the
communist nation is preparing to test fire a long-range missile. (AP
Photo/Missile Defense Agency) (6/22/06) |
In this image provided by the
Missile Defense
Agency, the Joint National Integration Center for the Missile Defense
Agency at Schriever Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colo., is seen
in this photo, date unknown. The center monitors missile defense. All eyes
- and ears - are on North Korea as the United States and its allies are watching
from land, air, sea and space to learn whether the communist nation is preparing
to test fire a long-range missile. (AP Photo/Missile Defense Agency) )06/22/06) |
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This undated photo provided the US Navy shows the
USNS
Observation Island, fitted with a special radar known as Cobra Judy that
is designed to detect, track and collect intelligence data on foreign ballistic
missile tests in the Pacific. All eyes _ and ears _ are on North Korea. Military
and intelligence agencies of the United States and its allies are spying
from land, air, sea and space to learn whether the communist nation is preparing
to test fire a long-range missile that may be capable of reaching the western
U.S. (AP Photo/US Navy) (06/22/06) |
In this photograph provided by Boeing, the
Sea-Based X-Band
Radar, a key component of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based
Midcourse Defense system, completes sea trail testing in the Gulf of Mexico
July 16, 2005. The SBX was scheduled to be homeported in Adak, Alaska, in
early 2006. All eyes - and ears - are on North Korea as the United States
and its allies are watching from land, air, sea and space to learn whether
the communist nation is preparing to test fire a long-range missile. (AP
Photo/Missile Defense Agency) (06/22/06) |
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North Korea's ballistic missile Taepodong-1 blasts into the space, in this
poster produced in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. The poster, made available
Friday, July 9, 1999, was displayed at an exhibiton featuring North Korean
posters in Tokyo. The caption at the bottom of the poster reads: "First Sound
of Gunfire from Big Power." (AP Photo/Mainichi Shimbun) **CREDIT MANDATORY
MAINICHI SHIMBUN ** |
North Korea's Central Television on Sunday, September 5, 1999 broadcast this
photo of what was described as a Taepodong -1 missile, the type of missile
that stunned the world when it was test-fired in August 1998. On Thursday,
Sept. 9, the communist country celebrated celebrated 51st anniversary of
the founding of the nation in 1948. The photo was released Friday, September
10, by the Tokyo-based Radio Press wire service, which specializes in monitoring
shortwave and satellite broadcasts in East Asia. (AP Photo/Kyodo) |
North Korean satellite rocket "Paektusan I," is test launched in an undisclosed
facility somewhere in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea in this August
31, 1998 photo released by Korea News Service. Top U.S. officials confirmed
that North Korea has an untested ballistic missile capable of reaching the
western United States. (AP Photo/Korea News Service) |
This is an Orbview-3 satellite image provided by GeoEye showing the Taepodong
missile launch complex in North Korea, called Musudan-ri, in May 2006. North
Korea referred to its missile program Monday, June 19, 2006 in its official
media for the first time since it apparently began preparations for a test
launch, as a U.S. official confirmed the North has completed fueling a missile
that is poised to fire. (AP Photo/GeoEye) ** MANDATORY CREDIT: GEOEYE; B&W
ONLY; NO SALES ** |
A poster showing three North Korean missiles locked on to a plane bearing
the markings "Washington, Seoul, Tokyo" on it with the title of "The targets
are clear!" appeared in the Dec. 19, 1998 edition of North Korea's Labor
Party newspaper in North Korea. The photo was provided from the pro-North
Korean news agency Korea News Service in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 8, 1998. (AP
Photo/Korea News Service) |
A South Korean protester stages an anti-U.S rally opposing a plan to deploy
upgraded versions of anti-missile Patriot batteries in South Korea, in front
of the defense ministry in Seoul, Tuesday, April 26, 2005. The plan is aimed
at protecting the South from North Korean missile attacks, according to the
U.S.Force Korea, adding that the South is vulnerable to air threats by the
communist country.The letters on the pickets read "Opposed deployment of
Patriot missile" (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon). |
South Korean protesters try to pull down a fence of South Korean air unit
where the U.S. military's Patriot missiles are deployed during an anti-U.S.
rally opposing a plan to deploy upgraded versions of anti-missile Patriot
batteries in South Korea, in front of the Air Unit in Gwangju, south of Seoul,
South Korea, Sunday, May 15, 2005. The plan is aimed at protecting the South
from North Korean missile attacks, according to the U.S.Force Korea, adding
that the South is vulnerable to air threats by the communist country. (AP
Photo/ Yonhap, Hyung Min-woo) ** KOREA OUT ** |
An A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft taxis by Patriot Advanced Capability-2,
the latest generation of Patriot interceptor missiles, at a Korean military
air base in Suwon, south of Seoul, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003. The U.S. military
said Tuesday it has enhanced its air defense system in South Korea to better
counter missile threats from North Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) |
An F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter taxies down in Kun San Air Base, 200
kilometers (125 miles) southwest of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 14,
2003. At least six F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters will take part in routine
joint military exercises in South Korea, U.S. military officials said. The
announcement comes amid rising tensions between the United States and North
Korea. On Monday, North Korea test-fired a short-range missile in what analysts
said was a widely anticipated launch from a base on the country's east coast.
(AP Photo/Yonhap, Cho Bo-Hee) ** KOREA OUT ** |
** FILE ** Travis Sipes, an electronic technician at Crane Naval Service
Warfare Center, holds a Stinger Missile Trainer during an open house at the
facility in Crane, Ind., in this April 23, 2002 file photo. No one's an outcast
at the global weapons bazaar. Countries with little in common, or even on
opposing sides of alliances, come together in the arms trade, whether they
do so openly, under the table or _ as in the case of an intercepted missile
shipment from North Korea to Yemen _ hidden in a cargo of cement. At least
with conventional weapons, arms experts say, if you've got the cash, you
can get what you want. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, Files) |
A South Korean woman walks by displays of models of North Korea's Scud-B
missile, right, and other South Korean missiles at Korea War Memorial Museum
in Seoul, Monday, June 19, 2006. Opponents of a possible North Korean long-range
missile test stepped up a diplomatic drive to stop the launch Monday, issuing
a barrage of warnings to the reclusive nation and threatening retaliation
if it goes ahead. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) |
People pass by a branch office of Choun Tokyo Credit Union, center, a bank
for a pro-Pyongyang Korean residents in Japan, in a Tokyo neighborhood where
many ethnic Koreans run their business Wednesday, July 21, 1999. To dissuade
North Korea from testing another ballistic missile, Japan has left untapped
its most potent weapon of persuasion against Pyongyang: the massive flow
of cash from North Koreans in Japan to their impoverished families back home.
(AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara) |
An unidentified boy runs across a street as a helicopter releases water during
the 25th Ulchi Focus Lens exercise, simulating chemical warfare involved
in an attack by North Korea, in a main street of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday,
Aug. 17, 1999. Air raid sirens blared Tuesday and the military simulated
a chemical attack on Seoul amid fears of a possible missile test by communist
North Korea. A leader in the isolated North said the missile issue should
be resolved with dialogue. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) |
An anti-North Korea activist beats burning mock missiles during a rally on
South Korea's Liberation Day, Friday, Aug. 15, 2003 in Seoul. About 5,000
protesters burned the North Korean flag, defaced images of North Korean leader
Kim Jong Il, and called for North Korea to stop its suspected development
of a nuclear arsenal. (AP Photo/Ed Wray) |
North Korea's missile units parade to commemorate the 60th anniversary of
its People's Army at Kim Il sung Sqaure in Pyongyang in this April, 1992
photo. North Korea launched a new, more powerful long-range ballistic missile
on Monday Aug. 31, 1998 that crossed over Japan s main island and crashed
into the Pacific Ocean. The launch comes just ahead of the convening of North
Korea s new parliament Saturday for a congress expected to anoint leader
Kim Jong Il as president of the reclusive communist nation. (AP Photo/Kyodo
News) |
Residents from Pyongyang, North Korea, and refugees from other areas crawl
perilously over shattered girders of the city's bridge on Dec. 4, 1950, as
they flee south across the Taedong River to escape the advance of Chinese
Communist troops. The Chinese entered the Korean War as allies of North Korea.
U.S. troops battled on the side of South Korea. Begun in June 25, 1950, the
war ended on July 27, 1953, with a military demarcation line set near the
38th parallel where it started. Korea remains divided. (AP Photo/Max Desfor) |
Prisoners are flushed out by a U.S. patrol operating in North korea south
of Kusong, Nov. 16, 1950. This is a Life Magazine Photo by Hank Walker. (AP
Photo) |
** FILE ** The USS Pueblo, shown underway at sea, was captured late Jan.
22, 1968, by North Korean patrol boats who took it into Wonsan. There were
83 men aboard the vessel. Photo was released Jan. 23, 1968, by the U.S. Defense
Dept. Negotiations to eliminate North Korea's nuclear weapons remain in limbo,
but the North Koreans are giving hints they might be ready to end another
long-lingering problem with the United States by returning the captured spy
ship USS Pueblo (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, File) |
This U.S. Army photograph, once classified "top secret,'' is one of a series
depicting the summary execution of 1,800 South Korean political prisoners
by the South Korean military at Taejon, South Korea, over three days in July
1950. Historians and survivors claim South Korean troops executed many civilians
behind frontlines as U.N. forces retreated before the North Korean army in
mid-1950, on suspicion that they were communist sympathizers and might
collaborate with the advancing enemy. The photo was located at the U.S. National
Archives. (AP Photo/National Archives, Major Abbott/U.S. Army) |
In this U.S. Army photograph, once classified "top secret,'' South Korean
soldiers walk among some of the 1,800 South Korean political prisoners killed
at Taejon, South Korea, in July 1950, early in the Korean War. At the time,
a U.S. Army colonel reported they were shot because the South Korean government
feared local leftists would collaborate with the invading North Korean army.
The photo was located at the U.S. National Archives. (AP Photo/National Archives,
Major Abbott/U.S. Army) |
South Korean navy divers recover a North Korean submersible vessel from the
seas near the South Korean port of Jinhae Wednesday, March 17, 1999. The
North Korean vessel was sunk by an artillery round fired by the South Korean
navy on December 18 last year after it attempted to infiltrate a crew of
North Koreans into the South.(AP Photo/Yonhap)` |
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