April 13, 2026, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Recent imagery shows the completion of a building at Yongbyon, widely believed to be a new uranium enrichment plant... Overview image showing the Radiochemistry Laboratory and new building at Yongbyon, April 2, 2026. Copyright © CNES 2026, Distribution Airbus DS. Image may not be republished without permission. Please contact imagery@csis.org. Satellite imagery from this month…
March 9, 2026, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Satellite imagery shows rapid expansion of Russian UAV and UCAV production infrastructure at the Yelabuga Special Economic Zone, with reports suggesting potential North Korean labor involvement... Download Report PDF The Yelabuga drone factory has been identified in open-source reports as a…
March 3, 2026, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Recent imagery shows two types of North Korean UAVs at Panghyon Airbase, observed together for the first time at the location... Saebyeol-4 and Saebyeol-9 UAVs at Panghyon Airbase, February 25, 2026. Copyright © 2026 by Vantor. Image may not be republished without permission. Please contact imagery@csis.org. A February 25, 2026, satellite image shows both a...
December 11, 2025, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Satellite imagery shows that North Korea has made significant progress at the port-of-entry site for the much-delayed New Yalu River Bridge.
October 27, 2025, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Satellite imagery show that the construction of the new Russia-North Korea road bridge has made significant progress in the past six months.
October 2, 2025, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Recent images of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station show indications of an engine test preparation and continued expansion of the facility.
August 20, 2025, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Approximately 27 kilometers from the China-North Korean border, the Sinpung-dong Missile Operating Base is an undeclared North Korean missile base... As featured in the Wall Street Journal "North Korea Has a Secret Long-Range Missile Base…
July 17, 2025, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
Satellite images show North Korea’s first true ballistic missile not yet fully operational, almost two years after its launching... A close-up view of the No. 841 Hero Kim Kun Ok under the security canopy, the 8.24 Yongung. The top of the conning tower is...
June 20, 2025, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Ellen Kim and Victor Cha—
This book offers the most definitive study of North Korea's ballistic missile submarine (SSB), submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), and submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) programs... Bloomsbury Publishing (2025) North Korea's ongoing development of submarine forces and sea-based ballistic missile capabilities…
June 12, 2025, by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun—
North Korea launched its second Choe Hyon-class destroyer, named the Kang Kon, at Najin. This is the second of its largest warship class ever produced by North Korea... A close-up image of the second Choe Hyon-class guided missile destroyer, Kang Kon, resting in the graving dock,…
