South Korean spooks believe the North is preparing for a nuclear test—its seventh—which could come within the next few weeks
The momentum has continued throughout the year. In the past month it has launched more than a dozen missiles and fired artillery into an area where both Koreas agreed not to conduct military exercises. On September 25th it launched a missile from a platform submerged under a lake, later claiming that it is developing underwater launch silos. And on October 4th it tested another, which flew over Japan and covered more than 4,500km, the farthest a North Korean missile has been known to go.
, perhaps before America’s midterm elections on November 8th. South Korea’s deputy defence minister suggested that there might be multiple tests. America and South Korea’s response has been to talk up their “ironclad” alliance and threaten annihilation if the North tried any funny business. On October 5th America briefly deployed an aircraft-carrier to the waters east of the peninsula. South Korea test-fired missiles of its own, scrambled jets and fired artillery in like-for-like drills. Both countries imposed new unilateral sanctions on North Korean individuals and organisations accused of aiding North Korean weapons development.
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