World / North Korea North Korea Backs Down on Missiles Withdraws Musudan missiles within range of US military bases By Ruth Brown, Newser Staff Posted May 6, 2013 3:03 PM CDT Copied The launch of a missile in Musudan-ri, North Korea in 2012. (AP Photo/KRT TV, File) North Korea has been throwing around plenty of fighting words lately, but two things that won't be getting off the ground anytime soon: a pair of Musudan missiles, which Pyongyang has just removed from a launch site on the country's east coast, reports CNN. The missiles were believed to be within range of US military bases in Japan and Guam. A US official confirms the missiles have now been moved to a storage facility. (More North Korea stories.) Report an error