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NKorea unveiled new ballistic
missile
AFP
Sunday May 13, 2007
North Korea has unveiled its latest intermediate-range ballistic
missile at a military parade, amid an international standoff over
its nuclear programme, a report said Sunday.
The new missile, using former Soviet Union's technologies of the
1960s, is estimated to have a range of about 5,000 kilometres (3,100
miles), the Asahi Shimbun daily reported, citing unnamed government
sources from Japan and South Korea.
After studying satellite photographs of a major military parade
on April 25 attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, the United
States concluded there was a newly developed missile and told the
governments of Japan and South Korea about it, the report said.
Although no test-launch of the new missile has been confirmed,
the Pacific island of Guam, an unincorporated US territory, is presumably
within range of the missile, it said.
North Korea tested seven ballistic missiles last July, sparking
international alarm and United Nations sanctions.
A nuclear test last October further heightened tensions. In February
the communist state agreed to scrap its nuclear programme as part
of a six-nation deal, but the agreement is in limbo amid a row over
US financial sanctions.
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