North Korea Positions Missile on Launch Pad
Reports are circulating that North Korea has positioned what is believed to be a Taepodong-2 long-range ballistic missile on its launch pad at a site in the east of the country.
From Reuters:
U.S. officials would not confirm the report but did not dispute it. Kyodo, citing “sources close to Japan-U.S. relations,” said the missile had been placed at Musudan-ri, a site that has been used for previous missile tests.
“I’m not going to steer you away from what’s been reported,” a U.S. counter-proliferation official told Reuters.
Another U.S. official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said North Korea had stacked together two stages of what is expected to be a three-stage rocket.
North Korea has said it would launch a satellite between April 4-8. Regional powers see the launch as a disguised test of its longest-range missile and a violation of U.N. sanctions forbidding the reclusive state from firing ballistic missiles.
Tags: Kyodo, Long Range Missile, Missile, Musudan-ri, North Korea, North Korea Missile, UN, United Nations
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