North Korea: In final Preparation for Taepodong-2 Launch
Interceptor Shield Report
Nathan J Hunt
March 25, 2009
After a month of preparation the North Korean Government has moved their Taepodong-2 from the arrival and assembly buildings and has now erected the long range Taepodong-2 missile that the North Korean government has said is a Satellite launch vehicle on the launch pad at the Musudan-ri missile test site. This move comes after weeks of speculations from the surrounding area’s governments and from the United States on if the North would continue to move forwards with the launch.
Now that the missile is placed on the launch pad the question is when will they launch? The North Korean Government stated a week ago that they intend to launch their missile between the 4th and 8th of April and designated a travel path that the missile will take. But the North could launch the missile at any time once fueling is completed sooner than later since the fuel that the Taepodong-2 uses is a corrosive fuel and the longer the missile is left standing the greater the chance of the fuel corroding seals on the missile.
