NORTH KOREA TO TEST MISSILE THAT CAN REACH U.S.

North Korea plans to test a Taepodong 2 missile that is capable of carrying nuclear weapons and reaching the continental U.S. in the next three weeks, a senior  U.S. defense official with access to the latest intelligence said.

"They appear to be serious.This is no bluff," the U.S. official said."It could look like an attack on the U.S., but it won't be."

The Taepodong 2 was last tested in 2006 and fell shortly after launch. It has never successfully been tested or achieved its maximum range.

The U.S. Navy has put its Aegis radar anti-missile defense on alert but has stopped short of putting the interceptor missiles on high alert.U.S. intelligence is seeing the North Koreans move the components for a missile launch into place in recent days at a base in North East Korea.

They seem to be emboldened by the worlds response- or lack of response- to the Iranian satellite launch-and "want to join in."

Don't worry though, it's not an act of terrorism only another one of  our many "OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS."