North Korea will fire a missile on US election day, reports claim, in an apparent show of strength as Americans go to the polls. It is feared the state will launch a Masudan or BM-35 rocket, Yonhap news agency reported, which has the capability to reach targets in the Pacific, including the US territory of Guam.
If true it would follow a succession of missile tests carried out by the totalitarian state that has taken place despite sanctions being placed on the country.
South Korean military have reportedly been put on high alert while the threat remains.
According to the Mail Online, a South Korean official said they are ‘closely watching every move by the North Korean military at its Punggye-ri nuclear test site and other possible missile-launching sites’.
‘The military is fully prepared to respond to any provocative acts by the North,’ the official added.
A military spokesman added: ‘All military and security matters, including the deployment of an advanced missile defence system known as Thaad, will be pushed forward as planned regardless of the scandal.’
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