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Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Trump hails start of dismantling N. Korean missile site
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump welcomes Tuesday reports that North Korea has started dismantling facilities at its main satellite launch station, which is seen as a testing ground for intercontinental ballistic missiles.
New satellite imagery shows “that North Korea has begun the process of dismantling a key missile site, and we appreciate that,” Trump says during an event in Kansas City, Missouri.
“We had a fantastic meeting with Chairman Kim and it seems to be going very well,” Trump adds, referring to his summit last month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
US-based website 38 North published imagery Monday indicating that Pyongyang has begun taking down a processing building and a rocket-engine test stand that had been used to test liquid-fuel engines at its Sohae Satellite Launching Station.
— AFP
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