Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 29th Nov. North Korea spy satellite on Tuesday captured the photos of the White House, Naval Station Norfolk, Newport News Shipyard, and a Virginia airfield, all located in Virginia, at 11:35 p.m. Monday, according to the White House officials.
The military spy satellite that was launched by DPRK on November 21 has taken “in detail” photos of the White House, the Pentagon, and nuclear aircraft carriers docked at a US naval base.
Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea saw the photos in an operations report from the Pyongyang General Control Centre of the National Aerospace Technology Administration on Monday morning and dawn Tuesday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported
Newport News Shipyard is known for providing submarines to the US Navy, while Naval Station Norfolk is the home port of the US Navy’s Fleet Forces Command.
According to news reports, 4 US Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and a British aircraft carrier were spotted in the photos.
North Korea launched the Malligyong-1 spy satellite on a new type of Chollima-1 rocket after two failed launches in May and August, respectively.
There have been numerous accusations of Russian technological intervention in regards to the satellite’s successful launch, weeks after Kim Jong-un’s visited Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin.
The DPRK has not released related satellite photos, yet since its successful launch, North Korea has claimed the satellite has taken photos of major military facilities in South Korea and the US territories of Guam and Hawaii.
South Korea’s military has said they are monitoring the satellite to see if it is functioning normally as the satellite appears to have entered orbit.
North Korea said Monday that a “fine-tuning” process on the satellite is under way and is one or two days ahead of schedule.
It said the Malligyong-1 will begin its official mission on Friday. North Korea vowed to launch several more satellites within a short span of time.
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