US has assessed North Korea could be preparing to carry out first weapons test since Biden took office

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US intelligence has assessed that North Korea could be preparing to carry out their first weapons test since President Joe Biden came into office.

On Monday, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea's leader, warned the Biden administration against"causing a stink at its first step" on Monday, hours after the White House said it had not received a response to its outreach to Pyongyang.

"The Kim Jong Un regime has achieved alarming success in its quest to demonstrate the capability to threaten the U.S. homeland with nuclear-armed ICBMs, believing such weapons are necessary to deter US military action and ensure his regime's survival," Gen. Glen Van Herck, head of US Northern Command and responsible for the defense of the continental United States, told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday.

Over the last few days, US intelligence has been focused on vehicle activity at a site near Sanum-dong, outside Pyongyang, where ballistic missile and space launch vehicles are believed to have been built in the past.

 

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