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Kilchu-kun Missile Base

Other Name: 길주군 미사일 기지, Kilchu Scud Missile Base, Kilchu Missile Base
Location: Kilchu-kun (길주군), North Hamgyŏng Province (함경북도), North Korea
Subordinate To: Missile Division, Ministry of the People's Armed Forces
Size: Unknown
Facility Status: Unknown

Japanese journalist Eya Osamu reports that there is a Scud missile base in Kilchu-kun, although he does not disclose the precise location of the base. Eya's report is unconfirmed.

Source: Eya Osamu, Kimu Jon Iru Daizukan (Tokyo: Shogakkan, 2000), p. 149.

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