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description: "Kumchon-ni Missile Operating Base (Missile & space): New CSIS Beyond Parallel imagery shows the undeclared Kumchon-ni missile operating base. This is the first comprehensive public description of the base. During wartime, it is reportedly tasked with striking southern Japan and, to a lesser degree, throughout South Korea."
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 Missile & space 

# Kumchon-ni Missile Operating Base

New CSIS Beyond Parallel imagery shows the undeclared Kumchon-ni missile operating base. This is the first comprehensive public description of the base. During wartime, it is reportedly tasked with striking southern Japan and, to a lesser degree, throughout South Korea.

**Active** status CSIS Beyond Parallel 

**Anbyon** Kangwon province 

**2019** CSIS report 

Anbyon · Kangwon

Kumchon-ni Missile Operating Base · 38.9661°N, 127.5947°E [Google Maps ↗](https://www.google.com/maps/@38.966111,127.594722,15z/data=!3m1!1e3) · Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics 

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## Source

- [**CSIS Beyond Parallel** beyondparallel.csis.org ↗ ](https://beyondparallel.csis.org/undeclared-north-korea-the-kumchon-ni-missile-operating-base/)

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