WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Nov 13) that the United States was aware of undeclared North Korean missile bases revealed by US researchers…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Nov 13) that the United States was aware of undeclared North Korean missile bases revealed by US researchers but insisted all was fine.
« We fully know about the sites being discussed, nothing new – and nothing happening out of the normal, » Trump, who is seeking a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, wrote on Twitter.
« I will be the first to let you know if things go bad! » he said.
Researchers at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a prominent Washington think tank, on Tuesday said that satellite imagery had found 13 missile bases undeclared by North Korea.
The bases can be used to hide mobile, nuclear-capable missiles, the study said, warning that North Korea could preserve the sites – and the ability to attack – even as it negotiates with Trump on a potentially landmark accord.
Trump described a report on the findings by The New York Times as « inaccurate » and « fake news. »
South Korea also earlier played down the study, saying that the sites had been known for years.
