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SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea has built an underground fueling facility near a key launch pad, a news report said Thursday, making it harder for spy satellites to detect signs that a missile is being prepared for firing.
The facility was built at the Musudan-ni missile site on the North's northeastern coast either late last year or early this year, Dong-a Ilbo newspaper reported, citing an unidentified senior South Korean official.
The National Intelligence Service, Seoul's top spy agency, and the Defense Ministry declined to confirm the report, citing the sensitivity of intelligence matters.
The move came days after North Korea announced it was preparing to send a satellite into orbit as part of a space program. Neighboring powers and the U.S. believe that accounts of a satellite launch are a cover-up for preparations to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution.
"Now, our scientists and engineers are actively pushing for a project to make a peaceful use of space," the North's Korean Central Broadcasting Station said in a report late Wednesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_missile
The facility was built at the Musudan-ni missile site on the North's northeastern coast either late last year or early this year, Dong-a Ilbo newspaper reported, citing an unidentified senior South Korean official.
The National Intelligence Service, Seoul's top spy agency, and the Defense Ministry declined to confirm the report, citing the sensitivity of intelligence matters.
The move came days after North Korea announced it was preparing to send a satellite into orbit as part of a space program. Neighboring powers and the U.S. believe that accounts of a satellite launch are a cover-up for preparations to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution.
"Now, our scientists and engineers are actively pushing for a project to make a peaceful use of space," the North's Korean Central Broadcasting Station said in a report late Wednesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_missile
