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To: LibertarianInExile

The longest range missile currently deployed by North Korea is the No Dong missile, with an estimated range of 1,300 kilometers for a payload of about 700 kg. Such a range would allow North Korea to target all of Japan. North Korea is believed to have flight tested the No Dong only once-in May 1993. While Pakistan may have provided North Korea with information from the tests of its Ghauri missile, which is believed to consist largely or entirely of North Korean technology, and North Korea is believed to have used a modified No Dong as the first stage of the Taepo Dong 1 (TD-1) launched in 1998, North Korea nonetheless has limited information about the reliability and accuracy of the missile. The No Dong uses a larger, more powerful engine than the Scud missile. This engine, which is believed to have been developed with foreign assistance, is believed to be used in the longer range missiles North Korea is developing.


96 posted on 06/19/2006 11:27:38 PM PDT by garbageseeker (Gentleman, you can't fight in here, this is the War Room - Dr. Strangelove)
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To: garbageseeker

Heh, heh, heh. You said No Dong.

Doesn't that take the cake? North Korea actually naming their missiles 'No Dong'.

I guess they know just how reliable it really is...

Maybe if they targeted Bangkok with their No Dong, would they Phuket?

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Sorry, I couldn't resist the temptation.

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183 posted on 06/23/2006 10:25:47 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (I criticize everyone... and then breath some radioactive fire and stomp on things.)
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