"When Western spies look for signs that Kim Jong Un is leaving on an overseas trip, they try to locate his dark green train. The North Korean leader seldom opts to use his country's ageing fleet of planes, instead relying on the bullet-proof carriages that have been fav­oured by Pyongyang for decades to carry him on rare ventures out of the country."
"When Western spies look for signs that Kim Jong Un is leaving on an overseas trip, they try to locate his dark green train."
"The North Korean leader seldom opts to use his country's ageing fleet of planes, instead relying on the bullet-proof carriages that have been fav­oured by Pyongyang for decades to carry him on rare ventures out of the country."
Western intelligence tracks a dark green train as a tangible signal that Kim Jong Un is preparing for an overseas trip. The leader rarely uses North Korea's ageing fleet of aircraft for foreign travel. He depends instead on heavily protected, bullet-proof rail carriages that provide security during slow overland journeys. Pyongyang has used armored trains for decades to move the leader on infrequent ventures outside the country. The train's appearance, color and movements offer observable indicators that foreign agencies can monitor to infer leadership travel plans.
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