2 New ICBMs Appear To Be Getting Ready For Launch, Say Seoul
January 19 2017
North Korea appears to be preparing two intercontinental ballistic missiles for a test-launch soon, South Korean officials told the Yonhap news agency (Seoul).
The two missiles do not seem to be more than 15 meters (50 feet) in length, which means they are shorter than the North's existing KN-08 and KN-14 ICBMs, said the South Korean officials on Thursday.
The ICBMs may have been intentionally revealed to send a "strategic message" to incoming U.S. President-elect Donald...
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