On Saturday the North Korean military is expected to hold a mass parade celebrating the 75th anniversary of North Koreas communist party.There is also speculation Kim Jong-un is keen to focus attention on his country ahead of the upcoming US presidential election.<\/p>\n
North Korean state media has told scientists and technicians to glorify the great October festival following a new development in the field of national defence.<\/p>\n
According to Straits Times US and South Korean intelligence a missile larger than anything North Korea is known to possess being transported near the capital Pyongyang.<\/p>\n
An official said: The missile is larger than the one they fired in 2017 and we believe they will showcase that at a military parade on October 10.<\/p>\n
In November 2017 North Korea test fired the Hwasong-15, currently its largest in-service missile.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Experts have suggested the missile is capable of ranging the entirety of the US mainland.<\/p>\n
Speaking to The Sun Online Dr Ramon Pacheco-Pardo, an international relations associate professor at Kings College London, said North Korea could display a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Saturday.<\/p>\n
He commented: I think they will unveil something new, intelligence tells us that it probably will be an ICBM.<\/p>\n
From what we know, there are indications they are working hard on a new ICBM and that is more threatening to the US.<\/p>\n
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At the very least in unveiling a new ICBM you would expect the range to be better.<\/p>\n
The range of the current missiles is estimated to reach the whole of the US land mass. But we don't know for sure.<\/p>\n
In a sense, any lingering doubts over whether their missiles can reach the US would be gone with a new ICBM.<\/p>\n
Dr Pacheco-Pardo said Saturday would be the perfect time for North Korea to unveil a new weapon, coming on both an important internal anniversary and ahead of the US presidential election.<\/p>\n
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Satellite analysis by 38 North, a group which monitors events in North Korea, suggest missile carrying vehicles have arrived at the Mirim Parade Training Ground ahead of Saturdays parade.<\/p>\n
The group also claims work has taken place to strengthen a key bridge along the parade route.<\/p>\n
Speaking to The Sun Online Tom Plant, a nuclear weapons expert at the Royal United Services Institute, argued North Korea is likely to unveil a new missile soon but it may not be over the weekend.<\/p>\n
He commented: North Korea has a pretty good heritage of giving the incoming US President something to think about so it pushes them up the agenda.<\/p>\n
Whether they do that now, or they until November - who knows.<\/p>\n
But they certainly have an interest in doing something, I would be surprised if we do not see something of that nature over the next three to four months.<\/p>\n
He continued: The North Korea issue is not going away, and its going to get harder to resolve as times goes on.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
North Korea was founded in 1948 out of the part of Korea taken by the Soviet Union after WWII.<\/p>\n
The United States controlled area formed the rival anti-communist, and later democratic, South Korea.<\/p>\n
A bitter war from 1950 to 1953 pitted the two countries, and their respective allies, against each other leaving several million dead.<\/p>\n
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