http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/dprk/2009/dprk-090601-rianovosti01.htm
“N.Korea prepares ballistic test, boosts military on west coast”
RIA Novosti
SNIPPET: “12:0601/06/2009 MOSCOW, June 1 (RIA Novosti) - North Korea has transported an intercontinental ballistic missile to a new launch site, and has ordered troops on its west coast to double ammunition stocks, South Korea’s Yonhap agency said on Monday.
The agency cited an anonymous South Korean intelligence official as saying vehicle activity to and from military bases along the west coast has increased.
The report follows last week’s sighting of an intercontinental ballistic missile on a cargo train in the reclusive communist state.
The official said North Korea’s military is believed to have moved a missile to its new launch site in Dongchang-ri, in the North Pyongan Province, and could launch it later this month.
“We believe the North could launch the missile at any time after one or two weeks,” he said.
Other South Korean media reports said the rocket is a version of the Taepodong-2 missile fired on April 5, when the North claimed to be launching a satellite.”
Thanks to American in Tokyo for the translation.
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262715/posts
N.Korea Readying for(NEW)Intermediate Range Missile Launch (These Are New Missiles/New Threat)
Jiji Tsushin via Yahoo Japan (in Japanese) ^ | 2 June 2009 | Jiji Tsushin Press (Translation)
Posted on June 1, 2009 11:17:32 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
Breaking on Yahoo News in Japan (link).
Begin my translation:
Yonhap News reporting out of South Korea on Tuesday afternoon local, North Korea is preparing for a possible intermediate range misssile (or missiles) launch from its southern central Gangwon Province from the Kittaeryung area.... The South Korean military command has revealed this to Korean parlimentarians today. These intermediate range missile has the potential to any part of the territory of Japan. (Rodong Missiles) ....They previously had a range of 1300 kilometers, but since have be revised to have a range of 3000 kilometers. ....North Korean fired six missiles toward Japan (Sea of Japan) from this Kittaeryung range, one after the other, in July 2006.
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Folks, this is NEW (this afternoon our time).
This is completely separate from the other new provocations they are starting, with another potential long range ICBM launch from the complex at Dongchangri on the West Coast that they are said to be preparing (of course on heels of their long range ICBM test on 5 April from Musudanri (Northeast Coast), then their underground nuke test last week, and finally a number of barrages of intermediate missiles in the aftermath of their underground test at Kilchu (Northeast Coast area, not far from Musudanri).
1 posted on June 1, 2009 11:17:32 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo