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The Korea Times
Missile Activity Detected in North
By Jung Sung-ki
Staff Reporter
An interceptor missile, launched from the Ronald W. Reagan Missile Defense Site at Vandenberg Air Force Base, moves to its target in California on Sept. 1. / AP-Yonhap
South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities have detected suspicious movements of large trucks at a North Korean missile launch site, a sign for a possible missile test, a government source said on Sunday.
The move came after the U.S. military announced over the weekend it had successfully intercepted a dummy long-range warhead that in some respects, according to defense experts, resembled a warhead from a North Korean rocket.
``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 was quoted as saying by the Yonhap News Agency in Seoul. ``Now, we do not exclude the possibility of the North conducting additional missile-firing.''
Defying the international community, Pyongyang test-launched a total of seven missiles, including the long-range Taepodong-2 missile, into the East Sea on July 5 from the Kitaeryong site. The multi-stage Taepodong-2 missile is believed to be capable of hitting Alaska and Hawaii.
On July 16, the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution to denounce the missile launches and ban countries from missile-related dealings with the reclusive regime. The North, however, threatened to take stronger action, hinting at further missile tests.
Intelligence authorities are not verifying whether the trucks were equipped with missile launch pads or not, while some military sources say the trucks could be launch vechicles, the source said.
He expressed concern if Pyongyang would take provocative steps, such as missile launches or a nuclear test, timed with a summit between President Roh Moo-hyun and U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington D.C. in the middle of this month.
``The government is intensifying monitoring North Korea's missile sites and areas believed to have nuclear facilities by mapping out various scenarios regarding possible threats from the North,'' the source said.
Last Friday, Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung told a National Assembly session that Seoul suspects Pyongyang possesses one or two nuclear bombs. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ban Ki-moon warned Pyongyang of a severe international response if it pushes for a nuclear test.
July's missile launches prompted calls for the resumption of six-party talks on the North's nuclear weapons program. But the communist regime said it would not return to the disarmament talks, citing Washington's financial restrictions against it for the alleged illicit financial activities, such as the counterfeiting of U.S. bills and money laundering.
The talks, involving the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, were last held in November last year in Beijing, China.
The Korea Times
Missile Activity Detected in North
By Jung Sung-ki
Staff Reporter
An interceptor missile, launched from the Ronald W. Reagan Missile Defense Site at Vandenberg Air Force Base, moves to its target in California on Sept. 1. / AP-Yonhap
South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities have detected suspicious movements of large trucks at a North Korean missile launch site, a sign for a possible missile test, a government source said on Sunday.
The move came after the U.S. military announced over the weekend it had successfully intercepted a dummy long-range warhead that in some respects, according to defense experts, resembled a warhead from a North Korean rocket.
``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 was quoted as saying by the Yonhap News Agency in Seoul. ``Now, we do not exclude the possibility of the North conducting additional missile-firing.''
Defying the international community, Pyongyang test-launched a total of seven missiles, including the long-range Taepodong-2 missile, into the East Sea on July 5 from the Kitaeryong site. The multi-stage Taepodong-2 missile is believed to be capable of hitting Alaska and Hawaii.
On July 16, the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution to denounce the missile launches and ban countries from missile-related dealings with the reclusive regime. The North, however, threatened to take stronger action, hinting at further missile tests.
Intelligence authorities are not verifying whether the trucks were equipped with missile launch pads or not, while some military sources say the trucks could be launch vechicles, the source said.
He expressed concern if Pyongyang would take provocative steps, such as missile launches or a nuclear test, timed with a summit between President Roh Moo-hyun and U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington D.C. in the middle of this month.
``The government is intensifying monitoring North Korea's missile sites and areas believed to have nuclear facilities by mapping out various scenarios regarding possible threats from the North,'' the source said.
Last Friday, Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung told a National Assembly session that Seoul suspects Pyongyang possesses one or two nuclear bombs. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ban Ki-moon warned Pyongyang of a severe international response if it pushes for a nuclear test.
July's missile launches prompted calls for the resumption of six-party talks on the North's nuclear weapons program. But the communist regime said it would not return to the disarmament talks, citing Washington's financial restrictions against it for the alleged illicit financial activities, such as the counterfeiting of U.S. bills and money laundering.
The talks, involving the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, were last held in November last year in Beijing, China.
