North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un has reportedly started dismantling key launching facilities in response to the June 12 Singapore Summit where he and President Donald Trump discussed denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
Satellite images from July 20 and July 22 show that the North Koreans have begun dismantling facilities at their Sohae Satellite Launching Station, which experts believe played a major role in their development of intercontinental ballistic missiles.
38 North reports that the "roof and supporting structure" of a "rail-mounted processing/transfer structure" have been partially removed as "numerous vehicles are present—including a large construction crane."
The report states that "considerable progress has been made in dismantling the rail-mounted processing/transfer structure."
The North Koreans have also reportedly started to dismantle a vertical engine test stand. 38 North adds:
The rail-mounted environmental shelter—which hadn’t been moved since December 2017—has been razed and removed, the older fuel/oxidizer bunkers are in the process of being razed, and portions of the test stand’s upper steel framework have been dismantled and its paneling removed.
Two days later fewer vehicles are present and the test stand superstructure has been completely dismantled, leaving only the base, which is also in the process of being removed.
Before the report was published, President Trump tweeted early on Monday about the decreased weapons testing by North Korea.
"A Rocket has not been launched by North Korea in 9 months," Trump tweeted. "Likewise, no Nuclear Tests. Japan is happy, all of Asia is happy. But the Fake News is saying, without ever asking me (always anonymous sources), that I am angry because it is not going fast enough. Wrong, very happy!"
[h=2]Proof Kim really IS dismantling his nuclear arsenal: Satellite images show the North Korean dictator's bomb factories lying in ruins after his pledge to Trump at historic Singapore summit [/h]
Satellite images appear to show that North Korea has started to dismantle its nuclear capabilities (pictured top left). In an historic summit on June 12 President Donald Trump met Kim Jong Un in Singapore (bottom left). During the discussions, the North Korean leader repeated a pledge to denuclearize his country. The accord did not specifically spell out any times scales for the process or how it would be carried out. But the new satellite images appear to show the apparent dismantling of facilities at the Sohae satellite launching station. Sohae has been the main site for North Korea's satellite launches since 2012 and is believed to have played a large role in developing the country's intercontinental ballistic missile program. The new images, which were reportedly taken on July 20 and July 22, appear to show the rail-mounted environmental shelter (right) at the site has been dismantled and moved. Space launch vehicles were assembled at the shelter - which hadn't been moved since December 2017 - before they are moved to the Launchpad. The image also appears to show that the test stand superstructure has been completely dismantled and that the base is being removed.
[h=2]Proof Kim really IS dismantling his nuclear arsenal: Satellite images show the North Korean dictator's bomb factories lying ruined after his pledge to Trump at historic Singapore summit[/h]
In Singapore summit on June 12, Trump and Kim Jong Un discussed plans to denuclearize North Korea
New pictures released this week appear to show the dismantling of facilities at the Sohae satellite station
Sohae has been the country's main site for satellite launches since 2012 and is believed to have played a large part in developing the country's intercontinental ballistic missile program
Newly released images also show Kim Jong Unn visiting a nursery in the Kangwon Province this week
Satellite images appear to show that North Korea has started to dismantle a key nuclear test site. The images come more than a month after Kim Jong Un pledged to denuclearize his country following a historic summit with President Donald Trump in Singapore. The accord did not specifically spell out any times scales for the process or how it would be carried out. But new satellite images, which have not been verified by outside experts, appear to show the dismantling of facilities at the Sohae satellite launching station.
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North Korea appears to have started dismantling key facilities at a rocket-engine test center, a group of experts said, potentially marking a significant step after last month's summit between Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump
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Satellite images appear to show the apparent dismantling of facilities at the Sohae satellite launching station, North Korea
Sohae has been the main site for North Korea's satellite launches since 2012. It is believed to have played a large role in developing the country's intercontinental ballistic missile program, according to 38North, which released the satellite images. The new images, which were reportedly taken on July 20 and July 22, appear to show the rail-mounted environmental shelter at the site has been dismantled and moved. Space launch vehicles were assembled at the shelter - which hadn't been moved since December 2017 - before they are moved to the launchpad, according to 38North analyst Joseph Bermudez Jr. The image also appears to show that the test stand superstructure has been completely dismantled and that the base is being removed.
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North Korea appears to have started dismantling key facilities at a rocket-engine test center, a group of experts said, potentially marking a significant step after last month's summit between Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump
'The rail-mounted environmental shelter has been razed and removed, the older fuel/oxidizer bunkers are in the process of being razed, and portions of the test stand's upper steel framework have been dismantled and its paneling removed,' Bermudez wrote. 'Two days later fewer vehicles are present and the test stand superstructure has been completely dismantled, leaving only the base, which is also in the process of being removed.' 'Given the state of activity, work is likely to have begun sometime within the past two weeks.' The images also appear to show that the dismantling of the old fuel/oxidizer bunkers has also started and is partially demolished.
[h=3]TRUMP AND KIM JONG UN'S HISTORIC SUMMIT[/h]Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un met for a historic summit in Singpaore on June 12.
The two world leaders released a joint statement following the summit in which the North Korean leader 'reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula'.
While Trump claimed Kim was going to start 'right away', the actual statement made no mention of a timetable for denuclearization.
'We're prepared to start a new history, and we're ready to write a new chapter between our two nations,' Trump said in a press conference following the summit.
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un met for a historic summit in Singpaore on June 12, releasing a joint statement following the summit in which the North Korean leader 'reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula'
Trump predicted Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program will come to an end and claimed that Kim had already left Singapore and was 'on his way back' to North Korea to begin implementing their joint vows.
'I believe he's going to live up to that document,' Trump said. 'Our eyes are wide open, but peace is always worth the effort, especially in this case.'
Trump revealed the document did not include a guarantee to stop producing ballistic missiles at certain sites but that Kim said he would at a 'later' time.
As the summit concluded Trump flattered Kim by saying he's 'a very talented man' who 'loves his country very much' causing a stir.
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Trump predicted Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program will come to an end and claimed that Kim had already left Singapore and was 'on his way back' to North Korea to begin implementing their joint vows from the summit
But Trump insisted that Kim's human rights abuses were a primary topic of conversation, aside from denuclearization.
'I think it will change. I think it probably has to,' he said of changes that Kim will have to embrace in order to hail in the 'glorious new era' that he says is North Korea's for the taking.
Trump also predicted that among the 'winners' in the future will be the tens of thousands of people held in North Korea's prison camps.
Many were also shocked when Trump revealed the US would no longer participate in joint military exercises with South Korea and agreed that they were 'provocative' towards the North.
Trump characterized them as 'very expensive,' however, and tried to portray their end as an economic decision rather than a negotiated concession that the US had previously said it wouldn't budge on.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance as he visits a nursery in the Kangwon Province in images that were released this week
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Kim Jong Un happily posed for photos during his visit, which was released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency
A construction crane can be spotted in the middle of the site with dismantled parts scattered around it. It is placed in front of the rail-mounted processing structure, which is partially dismantled. Bermudez's timeline indicates that, if the images are accurate, the Sohae dismantling may have begun after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a visit to to the country to follow up on progress from the summit. Joel Wit, 38North's founder, said the images could indicate that North Korea is willing to 'give up its space launch program'. 'Only one step in the right direction, but an important one,' wrote Writ, a former State Department negotiator with the country.
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Wearing a sun hat, white four button shirt and grey trousers, Kim Jong Un smiled as he walked through a greenhouse filled with lush plants
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In another photo Kim Jong Un looks deep in thought as somebody explains something to him about the large orange silo bins
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