The United States has decided to delay a long-planned missile test scheduled for next week out of California "to avoid any misperception or miscalculation" given tensions with North Korea.
A senior US defence official announced the decision yesterday.
The unusual precaution by the United States follows recent hostile statements from North Korea, including the threat of open war.
It also came after reports in South Korea that the North, under its 30-year-old leader, Kim Jong-un, had moved two medium-range missiles to a location on its east coast.
The White House said on Friday it would "not be surprised" if the North staged another missile test.
At the same time, officials have said there are no signs North Korea is gearing up for war, such as large-scale troop movements.
The US decision will delay a test of the Minuteman III intercontinental missile.
It had been scheduled for next week out of Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
"This is the logical, prudent and responsible course of action to take," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The US official said the test had been unconnected to "anything related to North Korea" and added that another test launch could be expected next month.
The US remained fully prepared to respond to any North Korean threat, the official said.
Analysts are looking anxiously ahead to 15 April, the birthday of Kim Il-sung, North Korea's founder and the grandfather of its current leader, Kim Jong-un.
The anniversary is a time of mass celebrations, nationalist fervour and occasional demonstrations of military prowess.
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