North Korea ‘prepares to launch ballistic missile with a range of 1,800 miles’ days after test-firing rocket from a submarine
Kim Jong Un places mid-range Musudan missile on standby for launch
First test on April 15 described by U.S. as a ‘fiery, catastrophic’ failure
Missile could hit Japan and also put U.S. territory of Guam within range
Comes after NK conducted test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile
By SIMON TOMLINSON
DailyMail.com
26 April 2016
North Korea appears to be preparing a test-launch of a ballistic missile with a range of more than 1,800 miles, it was reported today.
The Musudan missile, which can be fired from a mobile launcher, is not known to have been successfully flight-tested.
Its first test-launch on April 15 was described by the United States as a ‘fiery, catastrophic’ failure.
With a range of more than 1,800 miles, it could, if launched successfully, hit Japan and also theoretically put the U.S. territory of Guam within range.
North Korea tested its fourth nuclear bomb on January 6 and launched a long-range rocket on February 7, both in defiance of U.N. resolutions.
The North on Saturday conducted a test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
‘There are indications that the North may fire a Musudan missile that it launched and failed on Kim Il Sung’s birthday on April 15,’ Yonhap quoted an unnamed government official as saying.
Kim Il Sung is the North’s founder.
North and South Korea remain technically at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, rather than a treaty.
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