By using high-tech forensics and traditional detective work, analysts and intelligence agencies can use photos to track North Korea’s internal politics and expanding weapons programs with stunning granularity. Several experts walked us through this photo of Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, unveiling what he claimed was a new nuclear device. NORTH KOREA Area Shown PYONGYANG MISSILE FACILITY The missile facility is secluded within a small ring of mountainous terrain, just 10 miles from North Korea’s capitol city of Pyongyang. TAEDONG RIVER 1 MILE NORTH KOREA Area Shown PYONGYANG MISSILE FACILITY The missile facility is secluded within a small ring of mountainous terrain, just 10 miles from North Korea’s capitol city of Pyongyang. TAEDONG RIVER 1 MILE NORTH KOREA AREA SHOWN PYONGYANG MISSILE FACILITY The missile facility is secluded within a small ring of mountainous terrain, just 10 miles from North Korea’s capitol city of Pyongyang.

Source: New York Times February 24, 2017 09:56 UTC