Tuesday, July 04, 2006

N. Korea Launches Several Missiles

From report below: "Meanwhile, the Pentagon took steps to be ready for a possible military response to a North Korean missile launch. The U.S. Northern Command recently increased security measures at its Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a military official confirmed."

-- Just what is the Bush Administration planning for us???

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U.S. official: North Korea tests long-range missile

From Elise Labott and Justine Redman
CNN
Tuesday, July 4, 2006

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- North Korea launched a long-range Taepodong-2 missile early Wednesday in an apparently unsuccessful test that failed in flight, a senior State Department official said.

North Korea also tested at least two smaller missiles, U.S. sources told CNN.
Both missiles were launched from a site other than the one intelligence officials have watched for weeks ahead of the long-range missile test, a senior State Department official said.

The United States, Japan and other countries have warned North Korea against a long-range missile test, saying such a move would be considered a provocation.

Washington and North Korea's Asian neighbors -- South Korea, China, Russia and Japan -- have been trying to persuade North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program since 2002, but those talks have stalled in recent months.


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