United States and Japan have detected signs that North Korea is almost ready to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile, a Japanese newspaper reported Thursday.
Pyongyang is in the final stages of launching a Taepodong-2 ballistic missile, the conservative Sankei newspaper reported, citing unnamed government sources. The report did not explain what those final preparations involved.
The U.S. military has dispatched a spy plane and the Japanese Defense Agency has sent a destroyer with advanced reconnaissance equipment and an attack aircraft loaded with radar-jamming electronics to gather information, the report said.
In Seoul, a senior South Korean intelligence official said his agency knows about the North's preparation of a missile launch through sources other than satellite photos.
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