North Korea disguises secret missile base as golf course

4 comments

1. ***The Telegraph reports:***

   [North Korea](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/north-korea/) is hiding a new launch site for intercontinental ballistic missiles in plain sight, disguising the base as a golf course on the outskirts of Pyongyang.

   The site was until last year the location of Kim Jong-un’s Winter Palace, also known as the Ryokpo residence, in a heavily wooded valley about 20 miles south-east of the capital. 

   However, the palace complex was recently demolished and replaced with a series of new structures, roads and what appear to be golf greens.

   A closer examination of the facilities using near-infrared images over the course of the construction showed that the greens were reinforced with concrete bases in June, with a thin layer of soil added in August. By November, analysts determined that the grass had taken hold and the site resembled a golf course.

   But analysts from the Middlesbury Institute’s James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies have said that flat areas with concrete bases are ideal launch pads for [long-range ballistic missiles](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/07/north-korea-tests-new-hypersonic-missile-carbon-fiber/) and that some of the other buildings at the site are not typically found at a golf course.

   **Read more:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/11/north-korea-disguises-secret-missile-base-as-golf-course/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/11/north-korea-disguises-secret-missile-base-as-golf-course/)

2. I mean, why can’t it be both? Trump goes golfing every weekend. Maybe the Supreme leader wants to practice so he can invite Trump in due time?
   But on a more serious note, why would they hide it? Isn’t it well documented what their missile capabilities are?

3. A 3 hole golf course?

4. Keep a US satellite over it. We’ll see Trump golfing there before too long. 🙂

Comments are closed.