North Korea to launch satellite for monitoring US military drills with South

North Korea says it will launch satellites to monitor the U.S. joint military exercises with South Korea, though its capabilities for doing so remain unclear.

It’s not clear whether North Korea’s satellite will be advanced enough to track and monitor U.S. and South Korean activities in real time.  Bradford Betz is a Fox News Digital breaking reporter covering crime, political issues, and much more. 

North Korea placed Earth-observation satellites in orbit in 2012 and 2016, though their capabilities have been questioned. 

Foreign experts have said those earlier satellites never transmitted imagery back to North Korea, and analysts say the new device displayed in state media in recent weeks appeared too small and crudely designed to process and transfer high-resolution imagery.