N.Korea is nuclear test-ready, US think-tank says
- Published: 28 Dec 2012 at 13.46
- Online news: Asia
North Korea has repaired extensive rain damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a detonation on two weeks notice, a US think-tank said on Friday, citing satellite imagery analysis.
A mock North Korean missile is pictured during a rally denouncing N.Korea's nuclear test and missile launches, at the War Memorial of Korea, in Seoul, on June 4, 2009. N.Korea has repaired extensive rain damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a detonation on two weeks notice, a US think-tank claims, citing satellite imagery analysis.
With the UN Security Council debating possible sanctions against the North following the launch earlier this month of a long-range rocket, there has been widespread speculation that Pyongyang may carry out its third nuclear test.
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