Commence Countdown to Launch

Intelligence: North Korea set to conduct intermediate-range missile test
Musudan at parade / allthingsnuclear.org

North Korea appears to be preparing for a test launch of a new intermediate-range ballistic missile that would further heighten tensions in the region following an underground nuclear test earlier this month.

Pyongyang Provocation

North Korea set for test launch of new mobile ICBM with upcoming nuclear test
North Korea’s  missile on parade in Pyongyang from April 15, 2012 / AP

U.S. intelligence agencies monitoring North Korea for signs of a third underground nuclear test recently reported that the isolated communist state appears set to conduct the first test launch of a new road-mobile ICBM built with Chinese technology.