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26-03-2009, 16:43
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NKorea places long-range missile on pad: US official
File image of the one and only Taepodong-2 test launch in 2006.
Facts on NKorea's missile arsenal
+ North Korea, which has placed a long-range rocket on a launch pad in preparation for blast-off, has for decades now been developing missiles both for what it terms self-defence and as a lucrative export commodity.
+ A US counter-proliferation official told AFP the rocket appears to be a Taepodong-2 theoretically capable of reaching Alaska. Experts believe it will take at least three to four days to fuel it.
+ The hardline communist North has announced it will launch a communications satellite between April 4-8 as part of a peaceful space programme.
+ However, the United States and its allies say it is a pretext to test its longest-range missile, in defiance of a UN resolution.
+ North Korea began working in the late 1970s and early 1980s on a version of the Soviet Scud-B with a range of 300 kilometres (187 miles). It was tested in 1984 and deployment began later that decade.
+ Between 1987 and 1992, the North began developing a variant of the Scud-C (range 500 km), as well as the Rodong-1 (1,300 km), the Taepodong-1 (2,500 km), the Musudan-1 (3,000 km) and the Taepodong-2 (6,700 km).
+ It has also tested a solid-fuel missile called the KN-02 (120 km), a version of the Soviet SS-21 which is accurate and road-mobile.
+ The Scud-B, Scud-C and Rodong-1 have all been tested successfully.
+ The South Korean government's 2009 defence white paper said the North has completed deployment of the Musudan-1, but gave no numbers.
+ The missile has not yet been flight-tested, according to Daniel Pinkston of the International Crisis Group.
+ The first and only Taepodong-1 launch took place in August 1998 over Japan. The missile sparked alarm in Tokyo, but the third stage apparently exploded before it could place a small satellite into orbit, according to Pinkston.
+ In September 1999, amid improving relations with the United States, North Korea declared a moratorium on long-range missile tests. It ended this in March 2005, blaming the "hostile" policy of the George W. Bush administration.
+ The Taepodong-2 was first fired on July 5, 2006, along with six shorter-range missiles, but blew up after 40 seconds. The UN Security Council condemned the 2006 tests and imposed missile-related sanctions.
+ The North tested an atomic weapon in October 2006 but experts differ on whether it can manufacture a nuclear warhead. However, its missiles can deliver high-explosive and chemical warheads and possibly biological weapons.
+ The main threat at present comes from some 800 road-mobile missiles. Of these, about 600 of them are Scuds capable of hitting targets in South Korea, and possibly Japanese territory in some cases.
+ Another 200 Rodong-1 missiles could reach Tokyo.
+ North Korea is thought to have sold hundreds of ballistic missiles to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and other countries over the past decade to earn foreign currency, according to a US Congressional Research Service report in 2007.
+ US Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair, reiterated in February that Pyongyang had sold missiles and associated materials to Iran and several other Middle East countries.
+ In December 2002, 15 Scuds made by North Korea were seized on a ship bound for Yemen.
+ The Congressional Research Service gave no overall figure for the value of that trade, but said that each of the intercepted Scuds was worth four million dollars.
by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) March 25, 2009
North Korea has placed a long-range missile on a launch pad, a US official said Wednesday, as Washington warned it would take the matter to the United Nations if Pyongyang goes ahead with the planned launch.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said a launch for any purpose would be a violation of a UN Security Council resolution.
"We intend to raise this violation of the UN Security Council resolution, if it goes forward, in the UN," Clinton said during a visit to Mexico City.
"This provocative action in violation of the United Nations mandate will not go unnoticed and there will be consequences," she said.
A US counter-proliferation official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP that Japanese press reports that a long-range missile has been placed on a launch pad "are accurate."
The official said the missile was believed to be a Taepodong-2, a long-range missile that could, in theory, reach Alaska.
Two stages of the missile were visible but the top was covered with a shroud supported by a crane, NBC television reported, citing US officials.
North Korea has said it intends to launch a satellite over Japan and into orbit between April 4-8.
But the United States, South Korea and Japan suspect that the planned launch is a disguise for a long-range missile test.
On Tuesday, North Korea warned that stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks would collapse if new UN sanctions are imposed to punish the launch. The forum groups the United States, Japan, Russia, the two Koreas and China.
Japan's security council, meanwhile, will meet this week to prepare for the shooting down of a North Korean rocket if it threatens to strike its territory, Prime Minister Taro Aso said Wednesday.
Japan's government will issue an advance order Friday for the Self-Defense Forces to use its Patriot missile defense system to destroy any missile or debris if it shows signs of falling toward Japan, Jiji Press reported.
North Korea says it would regard any attempt to shoot down its rocket as an act of war.
The last time North Korea launched a Taepodong-2, on July 4, 2006, the missile failed seconds after launch. Success this time would show that it is capable of reaching Alaska or Hawaii with a nuclear capable missile.
President Barack Obama's administration has issued no public warning that it would shoot down a North Korean rocket.
Admiral Timothy Keating, the US commander in the Pacific, said earlier this month there was a "high probability" that the United States could intercept a missile aimed at its territory.
Washington and Tokyo have worked jointly on a missile defense shield, using land and sea-based missiles, against a possible attack from North Korea, which fired a missile over Japan in 1998 and tested a nuclear bomb in 2006.
Pyongyang has said that the rocket's first booster will likely plunge into the Sea of Japan (East Sea) off Japan's northern Akita prefecture, while the second will drop into the Pacific between Japan and Hawaii.
In an unsourced online report, The Sankei Shimbun said "North Korea has entered into the final stage of preparing for a launch as it has moved a rocket from storage."
And the Mainichi Shimbun said in an online report, quoting an unnamed South Korean defense source, that the missile was in place and would in theory be ready for launch as early as Saturday.
Tensions have been rising between North and South Korea. The North in January scrapped all peace pacts with its neighbour.
China's military chief, General Chen Bingde, arrived Wednesday in Seoul for talks with senior South Korean officials days before the scheduled launch.
China, a traditional ally and major donor for impoverished North Korea as well as a permanent UN Security Council member, has not publicly urged Pyongyang to halt the launch.
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