North Korean Long-Range Missile Being Prepared for Test

North Korea is preparing for another test of its long-range Taepodong-2 three-stage missile, something they’ve not done since 1999. Why else would they have moved the missile to the launch pad, along with 10 tanks of liquid fuel? I seriously doubt that this is just an exercise to check out their logistics capabilities for moving these things.

North Korea loaded booster rockets onto a launch pad and moved about 10 fuel tanks to a launch site in preparation to test-fire a long-range missile that could reach as far as the US mainland, a newspaper reported Saturday.

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On Saturday, North Korea accused the United States of repeatedly flying reconnaissance planes to spy on "strategic targets" along its east coast, where the missile launch site is located. The reports of a possible launch come after a prolonged hiatus in six-party nuclear disarmament talks designed to create a Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons.

Pardon my English, but WELL, DUH!!!!! Let’s suppose that you hear rumors that someone doesn’t particularly like you, and wants to do something that has the potential to totally disrupt your whole world, then you hear/see that they are actively taking actions which appear to be preparations to actually carry out that "something." Do you pull the covers up over your head, sit idle while watching Portugal kick Iran’s tail out of the World Cup, or do you do everything in your power to find out what "the bad guys" are actually up to?