29 May '09 18:20>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8074527.stm
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There are signs that North Korea may be planning more missile launches, US defence officials say.
"Defence officials in Washington said US satellite photos had revealed vehicle activity at a site in North Korea used to fire long-range missiles.
The vehicle movements resembled activity before North Korea fired a long-range rocket last month, the officials said.
The North fired another short-range missile on Friday, the sixth this week.
The officials, speaking on conditions of anonymity, said the US was closely monitoring the North's missile sites and other sensitive facilities.
However, a Pentagon official told the BBC that the US had noticed this type of activity on previous occasions which did not always lead to a missile being fired.
The official said activity at this site had been going on for more than a couple of days, but did not know for how long exactly."
The hardline communist state, under President Kim Jong-il, has also threatened military action against the South after Seoul's decision to join a US-led Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) under which North Korean ships could be stopped and searched.
Pyongyang says this decision is tantamount to an act of war and that it is no longer bound by the Armistice which in 1953 brought an end to the Korean War.
(extract from the text)
There are signs that North Korea may be planning more missile launches, US defence officials say.
"Defence officials in Washington said US satellite photos had revealed vehicle activity at a site in North Korea used to fire long-range missiles.
The vehicle movements resembled activity before North Korea fired a long-range rocket last month, the officials said.
The North fired another short-range missile on Friday, the sixth this week.
The officials, speaking on conditions of anonymity, said the US was closely monitoring the North's missile sites and other sensitive facilities.
However, a Pentagon official told the BBC that the US had noticed this type of activity on previous occasions which did not always lead to a missile being fired.
The official said activity at this site had been going on for more than a couple of days, but did not know for how long exactly."
The hardline communist state, under President Kim Jong-il, has also threatened military action against the South after Seoul's decision to join a US-led Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) under which North Korean ships could be stopped and searched.
Pyongyang says this decision is tantamount to an act of war and that it is no longer bound by the Armistice which in 1953 brought an end to the Korean War.