This satellite image, taken on Jan. 23, provided an aerial view of North Korea’s nuclear test facility. The photo, according to the Associated Press, showed that North Korea was nearly ready to carry out its threat of another nuclear test. North Korea, under its young leader Kim Jong Un, made good on that threat Tuesday, conducting its third nuclear test in defiance of United Nations objections.
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