US officials are concerned that a North Korean missile test launch will take place today
Government sources in South Korea told the Yonhap News Agency that transporter erector launchers carrying ICBM launch tubes in North Pyongan province have been moved by North Korea.
Speaking anonymously, a US defense official said if a test was to go ahead it would be of either an intermediate-range missile or North Korea's ICBM - known as a KN-20 or a Hwasong-14, and would take place 'probably' today as North Korea celebrates Victory Day - the 64th anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement.
Experts assessed it could have put Alaska in range, bringing Pyongyang's long-held dream of a missile that can deliver an atomic warhead to the United States within reach. A South Korean government source told Yonhap: 'Movements by transporter erector launchers carrying intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch tubes have been continuously observed in North Pyongan.
'There is a high possibility that the North may carry out (the test launch) around the July 27 armistice day.'
A second US defense official confirmed the fears, adding: 'They're setting up for something.'
If the launch goes ahead, it would be the second time Pyongyang has tested an ICBM after its July 4 rocket launch.
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