South Korea has monitored new preparations for a possible missile launch in North Korea, military sources said Sunday.
Latest satellite imagery showed that Pyongyang has moved two more missile launchers to its east coast, the Yonhap news agency reported.
Additional mobile launchers were spotted at the South Hamgyeong province after April 16, it quoted a defence source as saying.
"The military is closely watching the North's latest preparations for a missile launch," the source said.
The North was monitored earlier in the month to have positioned two mid-range Musudan missiles in Wonson and at least five mobile launchers in Wonson and South Hamgyeong Province.
The movement led South Korean authorities to believe that Pyongyang was preparing for a test launch to coincide with the 101st birth anniversary of its late founder Kim Il Sung on April 15.
No missile launch was conducted then, as the US government warned North Korea that it would be a "huge mistake."
South Korea's military has been on high alert since the North ordered its armed forces on March 26 to be combat-ready, Yonhap said.
"As long as this order remains in place, there are possibilities that the North could fire off a missile," a defence source said.
N.Korea deploys more missiles on east coast
North Korea has moved two mobile SCUD missile launchers to the country’s eastern coast, in addition to seven missile complexes it deployed there early this month, South Korean military officials said on Saturday.
Right now there are nearly a dozen ballistic missiles there, including the Musudan missiles with an effective range of up to 4,000 km, which means they can reach targets in Japan and Guam.
Japanese and South Korean armed forces have been on heightened alert since April 10 in anticipation of more missile launches by the North.
This story first appeared on Voice of Russia & is reposted here with permission.