Japan’s Kyodo news agency has quoted a U.S. government official Monday as saying that North Korea's intercontinental missile is likely to have structural flaws.

A U.S. satellite has captured the image of two objects falling around the launching pad shortly after North Korea’s Daepodong Two missile was test-fired. Those objects are believed to be propellants.

The official cites that North Korea is unlikely to test-fire another Daepodong Two missile considering that the part of the missile that stayed up in the air for around 40 seconds was just the warhead and the rest of the missile had fallen shortly after the launch.