SEOUL — South Korean and US intelligence have spotted North Korea moving an intercontinental ballistic missile, along with four mobile launchers, at an auto plant on the outskirts of Pyongyang, a Seoul official told a local media outlet on Saturday. North Korea fired its first ICBM, Hwasong-15, in 2017 and appears set to stage a show of force on the founding anniversary of its ruling party. Meanwhile, 38 North, a website monitoring North Korea, said Friday the North’s short-range ballistic missiles remain vulnerable to interception by the South’s anti-missile systems. He was referring to Pyongyang’s short-range ballistic missiles being intercepted by and Seoul’s anti-missile shield layered with the Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems. Seoul maintains a missile defense network where the Patriot detects missiles flying at low altitudes and the THAAD takes down ones at high altitudes.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 04, 2020 05:03 UTC