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 North Korea Tests 5 
 Missiles: Report 

Short-range test comes despite seemingly warmer relations with South, US

Oct 12, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(AP) - North Korea fired five short-range missiles off its east coast today, news reports said, even as South Korea proposed working-level talks with its communist neighbor. South Korea's Yonhap news agency, citing an unidentified South Korean government official, said the North test-fired the surface-to-surface KN-02 rockets from mobile launch pads. More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • South Korea • nuclear weapons • missile • Kim Jong Il • nuclear disarmament • short-range missiles

 Iran Test Launches Its 
 Longest-Range Missiles 

Weapon with 1,200-mile range could strike Israel, US military bases

Sep 28, 09 6:03 AM CDT
(AP) - Iran claimed to have test-fired the longest-range missiles in its arsenal today—weapons capable of carrying a warhead and striking Israel or US military bases in the Middle East. It was the third round of missile tests in two days of drills by the power Revolutionary Guard, which controls Iran's... More »

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Iran • nuclear weapons • Revolutionary Guards • weapon • missile • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • Shahab-3

OPINION

Obama's New Missile Plan Offers Better Defense: Gates

Strategy deploys more missiles 6 years earlier than under Bush plan

Sep 20, 09 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is upgrading missile defense plans in Europe, not abandoning them, writes Robert Gates, the author of the Bush-era plans recently scrapped, in a New York Times op-ed. The previous plan would not have installed the proposed 10 long-range interceptors in Central Europe until at least 2017, while... More »

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Bush administration • missile shield • Poland • Robert Gates • Czech Republic • missile • missile defense system • Obama administration

Russia Says It Won't Deploy Missiles Near Poland

Kremlin also criticizes Iran's president for denying Holocaust

Sep 19, 09 7:11 PM CDT
(AP) - Russia said today it will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland since Washington has dumped a planned missile shield in Eastern Europe. It also harshly criticized Iran's president for new comments denying the Holocaust. Neither move, however, represented ceding any significant ground. A plan to place Iskander missiles... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • Poland • Kremlin • missile • missile defense system

 US to Shelve 
 European 
 Missile Shield 

Kremlin delighted as Obama administration ends Bush program

Sep 17, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration will scrap Bush-era plans to build a missile defense shield in eastern Europe, sources tell the Wall Street Journal—a move expected to delight Russia, which has strongly opposed the program. Washington is basing its decision on a new, more modest assessment of Iran's long-range missile capabilities.... More »

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Iran • Russia • missile shield • Poland • missile • missile defense system • Obama administration

US Missile
Kills Son of
Bin Laden

Officials think drone strike hit him
in Pakistan

Jul 22, 09 6:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US is pretty sure that an American missile killed Osama bin Laden's son in Pakistan, reports NPR. Spy agencies are "80 to 85%" certain that a missile from a US drone killed Saad bin Laden, thought to be in his late 20s, sometime in the last year. Saad... More »

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Pakistan • missile • Osama bin Laden • drones • al-Qaeda • Saad bin Laden

(AP) - North Korea fired seven missiles off its eastern coast today, South Korea said, in what was seen as a message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day holiday. The launches, which came 2 days after North Korea fired four short-range missiles, could further escalate tensions in the... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • United States • missile



 N. Korea Fires 
 2 Short- Range 
 Missiles: Reports 

Regime said to fire weapons off east coast

Jul 2, 09 4:58 AM CDT
(AP) - North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports that could not be immediately verified. As the AP reports, North Korea issued a no-sail zone in waters off its east coast through July 10, viewed as a prelude to such missile tests. A South Korean news... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Pyongyang • missile • weapons • test

North Korea Not Preparing Hawaii Missile Launch

But long-term concerns lead Gates to boost islands' defenses

Jul 2, 09 3:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea shows no sign of preparing to launch a long-range ballistic missile towards Hawaii, four US government officials tell Bloomberg. While satellites tracked preparations for at least a week before the regime's April launch, no similar evidence confirms media reports of a Hawaii-bound missile. Nevertheless, Defense Secretary Robert Gates... More »

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North Korea • Robert Gates • missile • missile defense system • Hawaii • ballistic missile program

 N. Korea Set to Launch 
 2nd Long-Range Missile 

Weapon may be launched when S. Korea prez visits DC

Jun 1, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea is preparing to launch another intercontinental ballistic missile, according to South Korean media reports. Pyongyang is said to have moved its most advanced missile, whose 4,000 mile range puts Alaska within striking distance, to a brand-new launch pad and has forbidden ships from sailing the waters off... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • nuclear program • missile • weapons of mass destruction • nuclear missiles • Lee Myung-bak

 North Korea Fires 
 6th Missile: Report 

Tensions rise further as Pyongyang warns of 'self-defense'

May 29, 09 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea has fired yet another short-range missile off its east coast, according to reports from a South Korean news agency. Although unconfirmed, the launch would be the sixth missile that the North has test-fired since its surprise nuclear test on Monday. Today Pyongyang warned it would take "self-defense"... More »

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North Korea • missile • weapons of mass destruction • UN Security Council • nuclear test

(Newser) - So much for international outrage. North Korea fired off yet another short-range missile tonight, reports South Korea's Yonhap news agency. The missile is the third launched by Pyongyang since its nuclear test yesterday. Analysts suspect the North is engaging in a bit of saber-rattling, possibly to keep US and South... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Pyongyang • missile • nuclear test

 N. Korea Fires 2 New Missiles 

Pyongyang defies international condemnation with fresh missile launch

May 26, 09 3:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea raised international tensions even higher today by test-firing two new missiles off its east coast, AP reports. The missiles—one ground-to-air and one ground-to-ship—had a range of some 80 miles, according to South Korean officials, who believe North Korea fired an additional three missiles after its nuclear... More »

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North Korea • Pyongyang • missile • Kim Jong Il • nuclear test

 Iran Claims to Launch 
 Long-Range Missile 

Ahmadinejad reports new test of arms that could reach Israel

May 20, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(AP) - Iran test-fired a new advanced missile today with a range of about 1,200 miles, far enough to strike Israel and southeastern Europe, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims. The reported launch comes two days after Barack Obama said he would seek deeper international sanctions against Iran if it shunned US attempts to... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear weapons • missile • weapons • nuclear arsenal • nuclear test

N. Korea Says It's Done With Nuke Talks

UN's 'unbearable insult' sparks threat to re-start plutonium production 

Apr 14, 09 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea has vowed to never again take part in talks over its nuclear program after the "unbearable insult" of the UN Security Council's condemnation of its rocket launch, the BBC reports. A strongly worded statement from the country's foreign ministry also threatened to reactivate its partially dismantled nuclear... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • Yongbyon • missile • six party talks • UN Security Council

UPDATED

 UN Condemns 
 N. Korea's Rocket Launch 

Statement demands end to nuclear program, proposes more sanctions

Apr 13, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A week after North Korea's rocket launch, the UN Security Council today condemned the action, demanding an end to missile tests and vowing to expand sanctions against the reclusive nation. The statement, agreed upon by all 15 members and read at a formal meeting of the UN's most powerful body,... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • sanctions • missile • UN resolution

 UN Powers Agree 
 to Slam N. Korean 
 Rocket Launch 

But critics question if pact is legally binding

Apr 11, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(AP) - Key Security Council nations reached an agreement today on a statement that would condemn North Korea's rocket launch and toughen UN sanctions against it. The US, China, Russia, Britain, France and Japan approved the pact after Tokyo backed down from a demand for a new resolution, which is the strongest... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • sanctions • John Bolton • missile • Susan Rice • UN Security Council

Japan Tightens N. Korea Sanctions

UN fails to agree on punishment for
rocket launch

Apr 10, 09 2:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Japan is punishing North Korea for its recent rocket launch with renewed and tightened sanctions, the BBC reports. Japan has lowered the cap on monetary transmissions to reduce the flow of money into the country. A ban on imports from North Korea remains in place, but a total ban on... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • Japan • sanctions • missile

Anti-Nuke Group Releases Photos of Korean Rocket

Satellite images of rocket flight released by anti-nuke group

Apr 7, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - An institution devoted to stopping the spread of nuclear weapons has released images believed to be of North Korea's rocket in flight on Sunday, reports CNN. The Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security says the images, taken from satellite, clearly show the exhaust plume from the rocket's burning propellant... More »

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North Korea • missile • satellite • rocket

 Korea Launch Signals 
 Troubling Progress 

Experts believe 'satellite' failure was moderately successful missile test

Apr 6, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea's weekend rocket launch failed in the third stage, and its payload—be it friendly satellite or naked nuclear ambition—lies at the bottom of the Pacific, but the test shows alarming progress, experts tell the Los Angeles Times. Analysts dismiss North Korea's claims that a satellite made it... More »

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North Korea • nuclear weapons • missile • satellite • rocket • Kim Jong Il

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