An employee cleans a ballistic missile launcher at an open-air military exhibition. [PHOTO/nation.co.ke]
North Korea has set a missile base in Kenya.
The military base will have at least 40 inter-continental ballistic missiles that are capable of reaching European capitals.
According to Nation, the new base will also have the potential to upgrade to nuclear warheads when the technology becomes available.
At the base will also be a number of ancillary weapon systems that include newly developed hand-held missiles with uranium-tipped warheads used in close combat, code-named Catapult as well as the Pea Shooter.
North Korea will set up the base in Chalbi Desert located east of Lake Turkana.
The Kenyan cabinet granted formal permission for the base earlier this week after an envoy from the People’s Republic of Korea held successful talks at their embassy outpost in Marsabit headed by senior consul Jun Ki.
"The station will be given embassy status, which means that legally it will be Korean soil and Kenya will cede control over it for as long as the bilateral agreement remains in force," reports the Nation.
They added: "The base will be closely guarded by crack units of Gen Soon’s elite force, Kim’s Own Deserters — whose motto is 'Who Fights Flees'."
However, South Korea through roving ambassador Free Dom-Park has complained that the new base is likely to sour the existing good relations between Seoul and Nairobi
No Kenyan Government spokesman has offered a comment on the matter.