bignate
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
Location: Hell's Ditch
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 Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:57 am Post subject: Japan and US warn N Korea on test of long range missle |
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Japan and US warn N Korea on test
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Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso and US envoy Thomas Schieffer met in Tokyo amid increasing speculation that Pyongyang is set to conduct a launch.
Officials believe that Pyongyang may be planning to test the Taepodong-2, a missile with a range of up to 6,000km.
Mr Schieffer urged North Korea not to take "provocative action". |
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South Korean daily Chosun Ilbo reported that booster rockets had been loaded onto a launch pad and 10 fuel tanks moved to the site in the north-east of the country in preparation for a launch.
The information came from US and South Korean satellite images of activity at the site, the daily said, citing an unnamed government official. |
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Diplomats say that North Korean technicians are going through the same procedures that were undertaken before the test in 1998.
A successful test of the Taepodong-2 would put parts of the US within striking distance of Pyongyang. |
Damn, this is going to throw a wrinkle in any talks... |
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