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North Korea Seen Lining Up Military Aircraft For Possible Show

Satellite images shared exclusively with NPR show North Korean fighters and helicopters massed at a single airbase. It could be another sign of escalating tensions.
Satellite imagery from Nov. 13 shows rows of airplanes in Wonsan, North Korea.

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North Korea may be preparing a military air demonstration of a sort it hasn't carried out for over a year.

Satellite images obtained exclusively by NPR show dozens of aircraft lined up at the Wonsan International Airport on the nation's East Coast. The images were taken by the commercial company Planet on Nov. 11 and Nov.

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