[Bloomberg] North Korea Seen Preparing Rocket Launch as Soon as Next Week

<Quote> [Bloomberg]
North Korea has moved two sections of a long-range rocket to a launch site in preparation for a firing that may come as soon as next week, according to a U.S. university monitoring project on the totalitarian state.
Satellite photos showing activity at the Sohae site on the northwestern coast are “clear indicators that the rocket stages are being checked out before moving to the pad for an eventual launch,” said the report from the U.S.-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington. “If Pyongyang follows past practice in preparing for a launch, it could be ready to fire a rocket as early as the end of the first week in December.”
Photos taken Nov. 23 and Nov. 26 by satellite company DigitalGlobe Inc. also show empty fuel tanks at four locations and activity at buildings used to house dignitaries, the report said. At the same time, North Korea typically fires rockets in its spring or summer after announcing dates closing off sea and air regions. The country has made no such announcement recently.
“Since that has not happened yet, the window would appear to be closing for an early launch,” according to the report.
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Français :

[Bloomberg] North Korea Seen Preparing Rocket Launch as Soon as Next Week

<Citation> [Bloomberg]
La Corée du Nord a déplacé deux étages de missile à longue portée vers un site de lancement en préparation d’un tir qui pourrait survenir dès la semaine prochaine, selon un projet de surveillance de cet état totalitaire par une université américaine.
Des photos satellite montrant l’activité sur le site de Sohae sur la côte Nord-Ouest sont “des indicateurs clairs que les étages de la fusée vont être contrôlés avant d’aller sur le pas de tir pour un tir éventuel” dit le rapport de l’Institut américano-coréen de l’Université Johns Hopkins sur les Études Internationales Approfondies de  Washington. “Si Pyongyang maintient ses pratiques antérieures, ils seront en mesure de lancer un missile dès la fin de la première semaine de décembre.”
Des photos satellites prises les 23 et 26 nov. par la société DigitalGlobe Inc. montrent aussi des réservoirs de carburant vides en quatre endroits et de l’activité dans les bâtiments destinés à recevoir des dignitaires, précise aussi le rapport. En même temps, la Corée du Nord lance habituellement des missiles au printemps ou en été et après avoir annoncé les dates de fermeture de ses territoires aériens et maritimes. Le pays n’a récemment fait aucune annonce de cette sorte.
“Puisque ce n’est pas encore arrivé, la fenêtre semble être fermée à un tir prochain”, conclut le rapport.
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