SEOUL: North Korea has moved into place a launcher ready for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and may decide to set it off around the time of the United States presidential election, South Korean lawmakers said, citing military intelligence.
In this photo provided by the North Korea n government, North Korea n leader Kim Jong Un oversees a launch of, what it says, the country’s newly built Hwasongpho-11-Da-4.5 ballistic missile at an undisclosed place in North Korea on Sep 18, 2024. SEOUL: North Korea has moved into place a launcher ready for an intercontinental ballistic missile , and may decide to set it off around the time of the United States presidential election, South Korea n lawmakers said, citing military intelligence.
On Wednesday an MP, Lee Seong-kweun, said a mobile launcher has been deployed at a location for a possible test of the ICBM and its atmospheric re-entry of a missile warhead, potentially around the time of the Nov 5 election. "Preparations of a transporter-erector launcher are complete and it's deployed at a specific location and an ICBM launch for technological verification of warhead re-entry could take place, with a timing targeting the US presidential election, either before or after, in November," he said.
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