North Korea may have hit its own city with a missile test that went horribly wrong. Satellite imagery shows significant damage to a building in Tokchon shortly after Kim Jong-un launched a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile, it was reported.
Photos seen exclusively by The Diplomat show that there was no such damage to the buildings before the April 28 test.
He suggests that the 25-tonne rocket, likely launched from the nearby Pukchang airfield, has lost control and hit the city of about 200,000.
A US government source said on the site that the rocket failed a minute after launch and crashed "causing considerable damage to a complex of industrial or agricultural buildings."
GoogleEarth images from 2016 do not show such damage to buildings, one of which does not seem to have been built yet.
The unnamed source said the missile could be destined to descend into the Sea of Japan, near the Russian coast, where its first Hwasong-12 test rocket landed in May 2017.
Kim announced his reclusive nation had become a "full nuclear state" in November following the successful launch of his most powerful rocket. It flew 600 miles at an altitude of 2,780 miles before crashing into Japanese waters.
NASA scientist Dr David Baker warned Kim could spark World War 3 by accidentally hitting a neighbouring country with his "imprecise" missiles.
Kim announced his reclusive nation had become a "full nuclear state" in November following the successful launch of his most powerful rocket. It flew 600 miles at an altitude of 2,780 miles before crashing into Japanese waters.
NASA scientist Dr David Baker warned Kim could spark World War 3 by accidentally hitting a neighbouring country with his "imprecise" missiles.
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