North Korea is building artificial islands in the Yellow Sea and topping them with what appear to be military installations, satellite images reveal. All are in North Korea’s waters, close to the country’s shoreline. North Korea could use the islands for ballistic missile launches, anti-aircraft weapons, anti-ship weapons — or even for agriculture, with no military purpose in mind. “North Korea still has to stack and fuel those at the launch site itself,” he said. “If, and only if, the original assessment is correct.”ALSOHere's what's driving North Korea's nuclear program — and it might be more than self-defenseWe went to North Korea.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 03, 2017 17:32 UTC