The destruction was undertaken in an attempt to reduce regional tensions.
At least three nuclear tunnels appear to have been destroyed at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea on Thursday.
The information comes less than 24 hours after Donald Trump called off his summit with Kim Jong-un.
In a latter addressed to North Korea, Trump said: “You talk about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used.”
Tom Cheshire of Sky News was at the scene in Pnggye-ri and has since posted videos of the destruction of the tunnels on Twitter.
This is where we had been eating lunch. Amazing how much explosive you need for a wooden building… pic.twitter.com/bxhZRYqA2d
— Tom Cheshire (@Chesh) May 25, 2018
Actually, though, a couple of buildings out of seven were left standing. Here’s the second attempt pic.twitter.com/ewJDhIS2S6
— Tom Cheshire (@Chesh) May 25, 2018
Final explosion: the third tunnel. Takes a fair chunk of hill with it. pic.twitter.com/tHXVboTnSR
— Tom Cheshire (@Chesh) May 25, 2018
And here’s the aftermath…
The aftermath of that explosion, with ace cameraman Kevin Sheppard pic.twitter.com/kANRk3XM1M
— Tom Cheshire (@Chesh) May 25, 2018
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