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DW: North Korea may test new missiles - reports
Pyongyang may be about to test an upgraded intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), South Korean media has reported, quoting officials. Experts on the country's nuclear program believe the claims to be creditable.
South Korea's "Chosun Ilbo" newspaper reported Thursday that intelligence agencies had observed missile parts, believed to be the lower-half of an ICBM, being mobilized in the North, raising fears of an imminent missile test.
The South's Yonhap news agency then reported that two missiles, believed to be equipped with new engines, had also been loaded onto mobile launchers.
Both reports quoted South Korean military officials.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 19, 2017
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