What is known about the North Korean spy satellite that is already sending photos of “target regions” like Hawaii

North Korea launched its first military satellite, Malligyong-1, into orbit, an unprecedented achievement in the arms race of the country led by Kim Jong-unsince this device can be used for espionage work against its enemies, South Korea and the United States.

On Friday, Kim said North Korea had entered a “new era of a space power.” She did it during a visit to the control center of the National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA) in Pyongyang.

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The satelite Malligyong-1 It was launched into orbit on Tuesday, after two failed attempts. So much USA as South Korea They have said that this is a violation of UN resolutions against the communist country that prohibit Pyongyang from developing ballistic missile technology, also used in the satellites.

But Kim He maintained that the launch of the satellite into orbit It is an “exercise of the right of self-defense.”

He added that the satellite will help North Korea to protect themselves from “the dangerous and aggressive movements of hostile forces.”

The first images reviewed by Kim

On Friday, Kim Jong-un reviewed the first images taken by the first spy satellite.

Kim examined photos of cities in South Koreaas Seoul, Mokpo, Kunsan, Pyeongtaek and Osanwhere the military bases of USA and South Korea itself, according to Reuters.

In Pyeongtaek is Camp Humphreys, the largest military installation in USA abroad, and also the command point of the operations of the South Korean Air Force, the AFP agency specified.

State news agency KCNA said the photos were taken as the satellite passed over the peninsula on Friday morning.

Saturday, Kim returned to the control center to examine more photographs taken that day of different target regions in South Korealike Jinhae, BusanUlsan, Pohang, Daegu and Gangneung.

According to KCNA, a photograph showed the American aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinsonwhich arrived on Tuesday at a port in the city of Busan.

The leader of North Korea He also reviewed photographs of the US naval station Pearl Harbor and the Base of the Hickam Air Force taken by the satellite when it passed over Hawaii on Saturday morning.

The spy satellite will be able to detect troop movements in Northeast Asia at different times of the day and even targets for potential preventive attacks.

It should be noted that North Korea has not published any images taken by the satellite.

In another post, KCNA said on Saturday that North Korea criticized USA for providing advanced weapons to his “puppets,” adding that even a small spark on the Korean Peninsula would result in a global nuclear war.

“It will be better that USA “Reflect on the catastrophic consequences of offering weapons to puppet forces,” he said.

North Korea has said that the mission of Malligyong-1 It will officially start on December 1st.

After the launch of the spy satellite, South Korea announced the partial suspension of a 2018 military agreement to mitigate tensions with the North and deployed “surveillance and reconnaissance assets” on the border, according to the AFP agency.

North Korea responded by calling the decision “reckless” and announced the complete suspension of the agreement and the deployment of troops and new equipment on the line that divides the Korean peninsula.

With the help of Russia?

South Korea claims Russian advice behind successful satellite launch Malligyong-1.

That assertion was made on Thursday by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) in a closed-door meeting with legislators.

According to Congressman Yoo Sang-bum, of the ruling People’s Power Party (PPP), North Korea “provided plans and data on the vehicles it used in its first two attempts and Russia provided his analysis on the matter.”

For his part, the South Korean Defense Minister, Shin Won-siknoted in another meeting with parliamentarians that Russia appears to be providing technological assistance to the northern regime.

In May and August of this year, the rocket that was going to put the satellite into orbit Malligyong-1 had technical problems, so both attempts failed.

Last September, Kim Jong-un and the Russian president, Vladimir Putinheld a summit at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.

The Western powers believe that at that meeting both rulers agreed that North Korea would receive, among other things, technical assistance from Russia in the aerospace field, in exchange for North Korean weapons for Moscow to use in its war in Ukraine.

The agreement would have included sending Russian engineers to North Korea after the September meeting.

As mentioned UnivisionSouth Korea and the United States have released images showing the shipment of thousands of North Korean containers that have ended up stored near the Russian-Ukrainian border and are believed to contain more than one million units of artillery ammunition and possibly other types of armament.

He also recalled that when they asked Putin Yeah Russia would help North Korea At the satellite launch, the president said at the cosmodrome: “That’s why we came here.”