North Korea's Satellite Plans Could Mask Nuclear, EMP Attack

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea on Feb. 28. (Korean Central News Agency/AP)

By    |   Monday, 14 March 2022 06:52 AM EDT ET

North Korea's plan to launch several reconnaissance satellites over the next few years could have far more dangerous implications outside of the Hermit Kingdom's public reasoning of simply wanting to keep an eye on the U.S. and other nations it considers "hostile," national security experts say.

North Korea has launched a total of five satellites since 1998, though only two have successfully been placed in orbit.

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North Korea's plan to launch several reconnaissance satellites over the next few years could have far more dangerous implications outside of the Hermit Kingdom's public reasoning of simply wanting to keep an eye on the U.S. and other nations it considers "hostile."
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