Considerable US assets now in the air over here around the clock, coming out of *****AFB ******AFB, ****NAF, and elsewhere. Widely reported in local Japanese and South Korean press and private think tank sites.
Second test within the week conducted last night. Such upbeat in tempo combined with their statement that the test was to confirm engine reliability (big historic problem) does indicate icbm launch before end of year. Two questions - new solid fuel replacement of liquid fuel or a better liquid fuel engine. My inclinations are toward the first.