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North Korea to Launch Satellites to Monitor US and Its Allies

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, said on Thursday that the country will launch a number of spy satellites in the next years to provide real-time information on military moves by the US and its allies.

While touring North Korea’s National Aerospace Development Administration, Kim stated that during the five-year plan outlined last year, a large number of military surveillance satellites would be placed in sun-synchronous polar orbit.

The goal of creating and operating the military reconnaissance satellite, he explained, is to deliver real-time intelligence to the DPRK’s armed forces on military actions against it by US imperialism’s aggression troops and its vassal forces in South Korea, Japan, and the Pacific.

Experts say North Korea looks to be ready to launch a reconnaissance satellite, which might be as contentious as the nuclear-armed country’s weapons tests due to the fact that both involve banned ballistic missile technology.

On February 27 and March 5, North Korea claims to have conducted two satellite system tests. The tests, according to officials in South Korea, Japan, and the United States, involved the firing of ballistic missiles.

International condemnation followed the launches, and the US military announced on Thursday that it had enhanced monitoring and reconnaissance collecting in the Yellow Sea.

Kim defended the satellite program as a means of safeguarding North Korea’s sovereignty and national interests, exercising its lawful right to self-defense, and enhancing national prestige, among other things.

North Korea has not tested a nuclear weapon or long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) since 2017, but it has hinted that it may do so again now that discussions with the US have stagnated.

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