Eli Lake, Columnist

North Korea’s Missile Work Is Deceptive But Not Surprising

A new report shows that the country hasn’t stopped working on missiles to deliver nuclear weapons.

November 12, 2018 at 11:30 PM UTC

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

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Ever since he met with Kim Jong Un last June in Singapore, President Donald Trump has spoken of his North Korean summitry with pride. The nuclear crisis, he has assured the world, is defused. Diplomacy continues. Sanctions remain.

Experts have known for some time that these talking points were shaky. On Monday, analysts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies proved it. The center released a report using commercial satellite imagery to show that North Korea continues to work on its missile program at bases throughout the country.