2 last month, while no detonation has been carried out in tunnel No. Pyongyang conducted its fifth underground nuclear test in tunnel No. 3 at the Punggye-ri test site in the communist state's northeast and giant canopies set up over entryways of these tunnels can indicate that another nuclear test is being prepared. The government then said continuing activity at tunnels No. The unification and foreign ministries also said the government is fully prepared against provocations by the North and is fine-tuning contingency manuals tailored to each type of military provocation. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets, which are crucial in detecting missile attack, another defense official said.Īmerican ISR assets include the defense support program (DSP) which monitors the whole Korean peninsula around the clock and collects information from such assets as the U-2 spy plane and the E-8C JSTARS aircraft. Seoul and Washington are closely watching developments over the weekend through U.S. website monitoring North Korea, shows increased activity in the North's Punggye-ri nuclear test site. This commercial satellite imagery taken on Oct.
"Starting today, the military will maintain heightened vigilance against any provocations by the North," the official said. will discuss ways to ramp up the allies' three-stage deterrence strategy, which could involve a pre-emptive strike option, during the annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on Oct. The anniversary falls on Monday and defense chiefs of South Korea and the U.S. later this month," a defense ministry official told Yonhap News Agency. "Chances are high that the North will conduct its sixth nuclear detonation or test-fire a ballistic missile ahead of the anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party and the Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) scheduled in the U.S. North Korea appears to be ready to carry out another nuclear test or launch a ballistic missile at any time given increased activities at its nuclear test and missile launching sites, military officials said. 7 (Yonhap) - South Korea's military is on high alert as North Korea might stage another provocation to celebrate its key anniversary next week, government officials said Friday. (ATTN: ADDS close monitoring through ISR assets in 6-7 paras) By Choi Kyong-ae
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