More Speculation on Kim's Transportation to Hanoi

[soryang]

(Source- Channel A News Top Ten 02.22) (1) Take Goshawk One (IL-62) direct to Hanoi; (2) Take the special train from Pyongyang to Beijing, to Guangshou, to Lang Son; (60 hours) ; (3) Take Goshawk One to Guangzhou, then take the train to Lang Son, in northern Vietnam.

According to today's Channel A News Top Ten program (in their number one story) there are already signs of increased security measures being taken in the Chinese city of Dandong on the border of North Korea near the Sinuiju bridge rail crossing. It is not confirmed that Kim will take his personal train across the border although the train itself may go. Kim could fly to either Guangzhou or Hanoi directly. He could rendezvous with the train in Guangzhou, China or Langson, Vietnam, on the way back home, as well, after touring economic and tourist sites in North Vietnam and/or southern China.

Analysts think Kim would like to meet with Xi Jinping on the way back home. Kim's arrival by train at Beijing for such a meeting is estimated to be desirable for propaganda purposes. Stops in areas noted for economic development are also intended to send a message to domestic and international audiences. The confusion about his transportation schedule, means and routes is a security measure. Final legs and touring destinations could be made with Kim's armor plated cars. He could fly but it was felt the train might assist in the ground logistics. According to another recent South Korean broadcast Kim reportedly would have one hundred plus security personnel accompanying his official delegation.

This is an earlier discussion of the same subject:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/113323414

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Meanwhile NKor asks UN for food assistance

Special jet aircraft.

Special private train.

Multiple armored cars.

[soryang]

2. NK took delivery of the VIP Il-62s in the Soviet Era

Victor Cha refers to this as the good old days, before soviet support for North Korean agriculture in the form of chemicals and fertilizer stopped with the collapse of the USSR. The aircraft is an antique really.

The train is obsolete also by Asian standards.

[soryang]

3. Vietnam security measures along route

The Straits Times
Vietnam readying for Kim Jong Un train arrival next week: Sources

FEB 23, 2019, 11:00 AM SGT

In an unprecedented move, Vietnam's Department of Roads also said on Friday evening that large trucks would be banned from the road connecting the Dong Dang rail station near the China border to Hanoi on Feb 25.

A complete ban on all vehicles along the 170-kilometre (105-mile) stretch of road will be in place from 6am to 2pm local time on Feb 26, implying Mr Kim may arrive that day.

Good article:


https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-readying-for-kim-jong-un-train-arrival-next-week-sources