North Korean nuke test site sees more buildup as tensions rise
North Korea is continuing to mass resources at a known weapons
testing site inside the country, a defense source told Fox News on
Wednesday, prompting worries Pyongyang could be plotting to greenlight
another provocative nuclear bomb test amid heightened tensions following
the death this week of an American student who had been imprisoned by
Kim Jong Un’s rogue regime.“There are more people and more cars but nobody knows what that means,” a defense source said about surveillance of the nuke test site. The source added the buildup had been occurring for months.
North Korea is relentlessly pursuing its goal of building a nuclear bomb that can be mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile. Pyongyang has already conducted five nuclear tests and recently launched an advanced missile that suggests a functioning ICBM may be within reach.
Seeking to deter North Korea, the Trump administration has so-far leaned on China, one of the few countries able to exert significant economic influence over Pyongyang. China told North Korea not to conduct a sixth nuclear test or risk sanctions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told “Special Report” in April.
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