Norks preparing to launch missiles with range to hit anywhere in Japan

Reuters via NY Times:

The United States and Japan have detected signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile with a range capable of hitting almost all of Japan, Japanese government sources said on Thursday.

Tokyo and Washington had detected the signs after analyzing data from reconnaissance satellites and radio traffic, the government sources said.

North Korean military vehicles, soldiers and possibly missile engineers were converging on several Rodong missile bases in the northeastern part of the isolated communist state, they said.

The signs were first detected on Tuesday, the sources said.

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Japan's defense ministry on Tuesday sent two destroyers -- one equipped with an Aegis radar system -- and an EP-3 electronic surveillance aircraft to the Sea of Japan to boost its early warning and surveillance abilities in the area, the Japanese government sources said.


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