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N Korea may be preparing missile launch: report
The United States, Japan and South Korea are closely monitoring a missile base in North Korea after military intelligence indicated that the communist nation might be preparing to test missiles, a South Korean newspaper reported. The move would be the latest provocation from North Korea, which has denounced this week's multi-nation naval exercise in Japanese waters as a US-led "ultimate war action" against the isolated country.The base in Jeongju, 90 kilometres north of Pyongyang, is home to Scud-type missiles that have a range of 300-500km and Nodong missiles with a 1,300km range. Most of Japan's four main islands fall within Nodong's range. Beginning two or three days ago, "North Koreans began making moves at the Jeongju base, such as moving mobile missile launch stations," the mass-circulation daily Chosun Ilbo said, citing a senior South Korean government official. "We are monitoring the movements to see whether this was part of their training or they actually intend to launch a missile." Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-27 |
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