North Korea “Readying Two Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles” for Trump Inauguration

As Donald Trump prepares to officially accept his duties as President of the United States, the North Koreans are preparing to engage in a provocative show of strength to the new administration. Reportedly, the regime is planning to test long-range missiles at the same time that Trump is sworn in, positioning the display as a warning to him. This comes in the wake of Kim Jong-Un’s issuing of a hostile letter that criticized the US and made several demands of Trump after he becomes president:

NORTH Korea is “readying two intercontinental ballistic missiles” to figuratively “nuke” Donald’s Trump inauguration, it’s been reported.

Military officials say the rogue state wants to send a “strategic message” to the incoming US President by timing launches to ruin his big day on Saturday (AEDT).

In a statement, South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff said the reports could not be confirmed but said the military was monitoring the situation closely.

However, according to news reports in South Korea two missiles have already been placed on mobile launchers.

The devices “are estimated to not exceed 15m in length, making them shorter than the North’s existing ICBMs.”

“An ICBM test in the coming days is “highly plausible,” Andrei Lankov, a professor at Seoul’s Kookmin University, told CNN.

“Judging by earlier behaviour they usually like to greet a newly elected American president with some kind of nice surprise like a nuclear (test) or missile launch,” he said.

“Because President-elect Trump tweeted that ‘it won’t happen,’ such a launch could be seen as a serious humiliation for (the US).”

The news comes as satellite imagery shows increased activity at a major North Korean nuclear site, according to a new report.

Any potential ICBM test, while a propaganda win for Pyongyang, would also reveal a great deal about the progress of North Korea’s weapons program.”

Source: News.com.au

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