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  • September 2008

    • New North Korean Missile Launch Pad Discovered

      AFP  |  Sep 11, 08 2:09 PM CDT

      New North Korean Missile Launch Pad Discovered

      (Newser) - Pyongyang is building a new intercontinental ballistic missile launching facility, the AFP reports. Satellite imagery of the new site, on the west coast of North Korea, shows it to be larger and more sophisticated than the country’s current launch pad, security analysts say—though it won't be operational for at least a year. More »

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      North Korea  • security  • Kim Jong Il  • Missile defense  • nuclear missiles  • missile bases  • ICBMS

  • August 2008

    • N. Korea Suspends Nuclear Shutdown

      Reuters  |  Aug 26, 08 6:31 AM CDT

      N. Korea Suspends Nuclear Shutdown

      (Newser) - North Korea has halted the disablement of its nuclear facilities and says it may restore a reactor that can make material for atomic weapons, Reuters reports. Analysts say the move, which follows a visit to arch-enemy South Korea by pseudo-ally and Chinese President Hu Jintao, appears to be an effort by North Korea to maintain leverage to get the US to remove it from its terror blacklist. More »

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      North Korea  • Hu Jintao  • nuclear facilities  • nuclear disarmament  • Yongbyon  • Lee Myung-bak  • nuclear missiles

    • Ahmadinejad Says Israel to Be 'Removed Soon'

      Associated Press  |  Aug 20, 08 2:07 PM CDT

      Ahmadinejad Says Israel to Be 'Removed Soon'

      (Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel “a germ of corruption” to be “removed soon” in comments on his presidential website today, the AP reports. While the outburst is nothing new for the Iranian leader, the posts were probably meant to reassure hawks enraged by the vice president’s comments last week that Iranians are “friends of all people in the world—even Israelis.” More »

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      Iran  • Israel  • Middle East  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Muslim  • Jewish  • nuclear missiles

  • June 2008

    • Nuclear Parts Still Missing: Pentagon Report

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Jun 19, 08 2:24 PM CDT

      Nuclear Parts Still Missing: Pentagon Report

      (Newser) - The investigation that resulted in the dismissal of top US Air Force brass two weeks ago also found that hundreds of nuclear-missile parts remain missing, the Financial Times reports. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Pentagon needed "to re-establish positive control of these sensitive, classified components" in announcing the firings June 5; the report's conclusions present further embarrassment. More »

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      nuclear weapons  • Defense Department  • Air Force  • nuclear arsenal  • nuclear missiles  • mistake

  • April 2008
  • February 2008

    • Missile Lapse Due to Flagging Nuke Vigilance

      Reuters  |  Feb 13, 08 8:00 AM CST

      Missile Lapse Due to Flagging Nuke Vigilance

      (Newser) - An Air Force panel told Congress yesterday that "diminished focus" on nuclear weapons allowed six nuclear-armed missiles to be accidentally flown across the country last August, Reuters reports. "Training in nuclear procedures became less frequent without the daily activity required by nuclear alert conditions," the panel concludes in its written report. More »

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      US Air Force  • nuclear missiles

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