http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34992010
>Recent satellite images indicate that North Korea is building a new tunnel at its nuclear test site, a respected US think tank has said.
>A report on 38 North, a website run by the US-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, studied images taken between April and November.
>These appeared to show work in a new area of the Punggye-ri nuclear zone.
>But, the report said, there is no sign that any nuclear test is imminent,
>North Korea carried out three underground nuclear tests at Punggye-ri in 2006, 2009 and 2013. Its nuclear programme has been a source of great concern for the international community.
'Increased capability'
>The tunnel identified in the latest imagery is in a new area of the site, separate from three other tunnels that the North has excavated or used for tests in the past, the report said.
>"While there are no indications that a nuclear test is imminent, the new tunnel adds to North Korea's ability to conduct additional detonations over the coming years if it chooses to do so," it added.
>>6133
I had thought I read somewhere earlier this year that the Norks had put off weapons testing in favor of satellite and missile test launches. I wonder what caused their policy reversal beyond it just being Dear Leader's whim.
>>6137
You need a way to deliver the payload to the target, and even after NK did nuke tests everyone laughed at them because they had no effective way to deliver it.