North Korea building base for bigger missiles: South

Reuters ^ | 11/04/08

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North Korea building base for bigger missiles: South

Tue Nov 4, 1:44 am ET

SEOUL (Reuters) – A new North Korean missile base being built near its border with China is larger in scale than existing bases and can eventually launch intercontinental missiles, South Korea's defense minister said on Tuesday.

North Korea's missile program is a pressing security concern because the secretive state has an arsenal of 800 ballistic missiles that can strike South Korea and Japan and is working to build a functional missile that can hit U.S. territory.

The new base is 80 percent finished, Minister Lee Sang-hee told parliament.

North Korea has conducted an engine ignition test for a long-range missile at the base in Tongchang-ri about 50 km (30 miles) from the Chinese border, intelligence sources have been quoted as saying by South Korean media.

"Our assessment is that it can launch larger missiles or satellites than is possible at the Taepodong base," Lee said. Taepodong is the name of an east coast missile base and also the North's long-range missile series.

The North launched the Taepodong-2, a multi-stage missile under development with a possible range of 3,500 - 4,300 kms (about 2,200 - 2,700 miles), in July 2006 from the east coast. The missile fizzled and blew up a few seconds into flight.

North Korea, which conducted its first and only nuclear test in October 2006, has produced about 50 kg (110 lb) of plutonium, which experts said would be enough for about eight nuclear bombs.

Despite its long-running program to develop a delivery system, experts doubt the North has mastered the technology to make a nuclear warhead small enough to mount on a missile.

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U.S. does not seem to care how many nukes N. Korea have as long as they are not trying to give them to others.

I am more interested in whether some neighbors of N. Korea would have nukes.

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Ping!

[End_Clintonism_Now]

“CHANGE WE NEED”

[cardinal4]

Dont worry, Obama will charm the nukes right out of DPRK..

[SevenofNine]

OH MAN I think Chia Pet want that autographed basketball from Michael Jordan so he doing this get Osmara barek who happen to be Chicago resident to get his attention

I don’t think Barek going challenge Chia Pet to one to one basketball because is Chia Pet too short if he does it be worst beating Barek got since Charley Murphy got beat by Prince in that Chappelle show skit

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Yeah, I know. He will try to fool us to believe that it is taken care of, while Chia Head is laughing his ass off. Chia Head will get his nuke and ICBM. What is going to stop him? Neither U.S. nor China.

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