North Korea May Be Preparing Missile Test

A South Korean official Sunday said intelligence authorities were seeing signs that North Korea could be planning more missile tests.

A government source told The Korea Times that South Korean and U.S. intelligence agencies have seen recent activity at a known missile launch site.

I was told that intelligence authorities of South Korea and the United States have recently spotted several large vehicles moving around at the launch site located in Kitaeryong, Kangwon Province, the source said. Now, we do not exclude the possibility of the North conducting additional missile firing.

The United States announced Saturday it had successfully used a missile defense system to deflect a dummy warhead that some experts said resembled a North Korean rocket.

North Korea test-launched seven missiles, including the Taepodong-2 — which is believed to have the capability to hit Alaska or Hawaii — on July 5 in defiance of international demands for the country to give up its nuclear ambitions.