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Satellite Photos of N.Korea Military Facilites Released in U.S.

Written: 2005-01-06 16:31:43Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Precision satellite photos of military facilities in North Korea have been released in the U.S.

The photos were taken 500 kilometers above ground level in 2002 during a memorial day celebration commemorating the founding of the North Korean military. The high-resolution images accurately captured even the letters on a parade's card section.

Ninety percent of the combat planes shown in the photos are believed to have been made in the 1950s. A Russian-made AN2 fighter that was used to infiltrate North Korean spies into the South was also recorded on the satellite pictures.

The Washington-based Carnegie institute says that at least 20 airfields equipped with underground hangars exist in the communist North, according to its two-year analysis of some 100 high-resolution digital satellite photos of North Korea.

Such photos show that Pyongyang has also developed an amphibious hovercraft that can operate at a maximum speed of 96 kilometers-per-hour and carry as many as 50 personnel.

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