North Korea is preparing to launch an intermediate-range ballistic missile in the next three days, Fox Business Network reports, citing two unidentified US officials.
The communist nation planned the launch for between 24 and 72 hours, the cable network reported.
It would be the latest in a series of launches by the isolated country this year in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, supported by China, that ban all ballistic missile-related activities by the North.
North Korea, which is under UN and other international sanctions for its nuclear and missile programs, has conducted repeated missile tests this year, the most recent on October 20.
That latest test, believed to be an intermediate-range Musudan, failed immediately after launch, the US and South Korean militaries said. It came in spite of the threat of further UN sanctions under discussion.
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The failed launch was the eighth attempt in seven months by North Korea to launch a weapon with a design range of 3,000km that can be fired from road mobile launchers, the US and South Korean militaries said.
News of that launch came during the third and final debate for the November 8 US presidential election.
