But it’s unclear exactly how far along the newly-pictured submarine is, said Melissa Hanham, the deputy director of the Open Nuclear Network. "The submarine is still up in a warehouse, it hasn't been put into the dry docks, it doesn't appear to be finished yet," said Hanham.

Melissa Hanham is a specialist on satellite imagery and open source data with Open nuclear Network, a programme of One Earth Future, which follows peace and security issues. She says both sides have a strong initiative to get ahead of the story in order to win public support.

“The Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre is a sprawling campus that primarily serves a military mission -- producing fissile material for North Korea's nuclear weapons. Its construction began in 1961, after North Korea reached two nuclear agreements with the Soviet Union,” Melissa Hanham, a ...

Peace and diplomacy are the best way forward, but the international community should not turn its head from North Korea's provocations or, worse yet, signal that they are acceptable. A small missile is a small missile until it starts a great big nuclear war.

Melissa Hanham was included in a Bloomberg report on the recent DPRK testing.

Melissa Hanham explained to Reuters how North Korea tests showcase growing capability.

Melissa Hanham was interviewed by Bloomberg regarding Kim Jong Un's newest misile capabilities.

Melissa Hanham spoke with The Wallstreet Journal on why it is hard to sanction North Korea more.

Melissa Hanham spoke with NPR on the newest missile design and advancements.

Melissa Hanham commented to The New York Times on the potential routine testing operations.

Melissa Hanham shared her insights on DPRK's newly developed weapon system.

North Korea says it's test-fired a new type of tactical guided weapon. It's the country's first public weapons test since the February summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump collapsed with no agreement.

Melissa Hanman spoke with BBC World Service about North Korea's most recent weapon test.

Melissa Hanham, a non-proliferation expert and director of the Datayo Project at the One Earth Future Foundation, said the North Korean weapon could be anything from an anti-tank weapon to a cruise missile.

Melissa Hanham from One Earth Future, who worked with him, said “there's a huge warehouse and it's hard to really monitor all the activity going on. But we could see lots of trucks and heavy vehicles in the parking lot going in and out - those trucks are big enough to hold a missile or a rocket.”

“The challenge is that both space launch vehicles and ICBMs are there — we can’t tell what is being loaded into vehicles,” said Melissa Hanham, a nuclear expert at the One Earth Future Foundation.