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 N. Korea Launches Rocket 


Apr 4, 09 10:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea told the world to go stuff it today, launching a long-range rocket over Japan in defiance of international pressure. The State Department confirmed the launch, which took place Sunday morning in the North, Reuters reports. The US thinks Pyongyang is testing a Taepodong-2 missile, which could carry a... More »

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(AP) - North Korea said preparations to launch a satellite were complete and liftoff was imminent, as US, Japanese, and South Korean warships with radar plied waters near the communist nation to monitor what they fear is a long-range missile test. Spy satellites trained high-resolution cameras on a coastal launch pad for... More »

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North Korea • Japan • United States • missile • satellite

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North Korea Threatens US Planes

It also begins fueling
its controversial long-range rocket

Apr 1, 09 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea today threatened to shoot down US planes it accuses of spying on its soon-to-be-launched rocket, the New York Times reports. Meanwhile, the rocket's fueling process has begun, which means it could be ready to go sometime this weekend, CNN notes. The rocket likely will carry a harmless enough... More »

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North Korea • missile • satellite • rocket

Journalists Held in N. Korea Face 10 Years' Labor

Pyongyang links detained reporters to missile launch

Apr 1, 09 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The two American journalists arrested in North Korea face 10 years in a labor camp if convicted, the Telegraph reports. The women appear caught in a diplomatic showdown ahead of North Korea's planned launch of what the US, Japan, and other nations say is a ballistic missile. A government radio... More »

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North Korea • missile • journalist • reporters • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

Russia to Build 6 New Nuclear Submarines

Russian navy beefing up nuclear capacity with cruise missile-equipped subs

Mar 28, 09 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia is building at least six new nuclear submarines equipped with long-distance cruise missiles, according to state-connected news agency Itar-Tass. One is expected to be on line by 2011, the rest by 2017. A Russian defense ministry source say the missiles, capable of carrying low-capacity nuclear warheads, "would be... More »

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Russia • nuclear weapons • missile • submarine • Russian military

 Japan, US Ready 
 Defenses for 
 N Korean Missile 

Navy moves ships in as Tokoy says it will shoot down debris

Mar 27, 09 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Japanese government ordered its military to fire on a North Korean rocket if any part of it falls into Japanese airspace, reports Reuters. North Korea has said it will launch a communications satellite but is presumed to be testing a long-range missile, which is currently on a launch pad.... More »

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North Korea • Japan • Pyongyang • missile • satellite • Japanese Defense Force • rocket

North Korea Makes Threat Over Missile Launch

Vows to restart nuclear plants if sanctioned

Mar 26, 09 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea said today it would reopen its nuclear facilities if the UN Security Council takes action over a planned missile launch, Reuters reports. If the UN adds sanctions against North Korea, Pyongyang said it would reverse the closing of both a nuclear reactor and its Yongbyon atomic plant, which... More »

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North Korea • Pyongyang • missile • satellite • rocket • Kim Jong Il • UN Security Council

OPINION

Crash Reminds Us of Dangers of Nuke-Armed Subs

Cold War is over, but dangerous machines still stalk the oceans

Feb 26, 09 4:59 PM CST
(Newser) - The Cold War is over, and the threats of terrorism and economic collapse have made it easy to forget about the possibility of sudden, total annihilation by nuclear weapons. Until, that is, last week’s collision between French and British nuclear submarines, Clemens Höges writes for Der Spiegel. It's... More »

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nuclear weapons • ocean • nuclear reactor • crash • missile • Cold War • submarine

 North Korea Prepares 
 'Satellite' Launch 

Neighbors believe country is readying test of long-range missile

Feb 24, 09 4:18 AM CST
(Newser) - North Korea’s announcement today that it is preparing to launch an "experimental communications satellite" on one of its rockets has raised fears that a long-range missile test is imminent, CNN reports. US and South Korean officials, citing intelligence reports, believe that the country is preparing to launch a... More »

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 Israel Fears Rocket Attack 
 on Nuke Plant 

Size, sophistication of Hamas rocket arsenal shocks Israeli security forces

Jan 2, 09 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli officials, shaken by the size and sophistication of Hamas' rocket arsenal, fear the country's nuclear center at Dimona may be targeted, the Times of London reports. The group's new, more accurate, Grad missiles, smuggled in by land and sea, can penetrate significantly farther into Israel than the crude, home-made... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • nuclear reactor • missile • Qassam • rocket • nuclear power plant • Dimona

 Israel Using US 
 Smart Bombs 
 on Gaza 

Petite missile one of the world's most precise

Dec 29, 08 7:02 AM CST
(Newser) - The new low-cost, high-precision missiles Israel has been using to bombard Gaza were purchased recently from the United States, the Jerusalem Post reports. In September, the Israel Air Force purchased 1,000 units of the GBU-39, a bunker-buster missile whose small diameter helps minimize collateral damage, earning it a rep... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • bombing • Israel and Palestinians • missile • Palestinian people • bunker busting bombs

 Iran Toughens Stance 
 on Obama 

Offer to talk merely signals shift from 'hard conflict to a soft attack,' commander says

Nov 13, 08 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Facing a US president-elect willing to negotiate, just as they’ve asked for, Iran’s leaders have adopted a more hostile tone toward Barack Obama, the Washington Post reports. “People who put on a mask of friendship, but with the objective of betrayal, and who enter from the angle... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear program • missile • President Obama

 Iran Claims to Test New Missile 

Sejil has the capability to reach Israel, Tehran says

Nov 12, 08 3:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The Iranian government said today it test-fired a new model of missile capable of reaching Israel or US bases in the Middle East, although it insisted its intentions were peaceful, the Times of London reports. Tehran released photos of a test of what it said were Sejil missiles, which it... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Israel • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • missile • President Obama

Russia Will
Move Missiles Near Poland

Installation would 'neutralize' US shield
in Central Europe

Nov 5, 08 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev delivered an aggressive speech against the US today, threatening to deploy short-range missiles and perhaps its navy to “neutralize” US plans for an anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. Moscow perceives the American defense system—which Washington says is intended to deter “... More »

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Russia • NATO • Vladimir Putin • United States • missile • Dmitry Medvedev • defense

 Russia Snubs US, 
 Sells Arms to Iran 

Rice blasts belligerence as Moscow sells surface-to-air missiles

Sep 19, 08 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Defying the objections of the United States, Russia has announced plans to sell military hardware to Iran and Venezuela. In the latest escalation of the diplomatic standoff between Russia and the West, the state arms exporter will sell anti-aircraft systems to the two countries, the Times of London reports. "... More »

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Iran • Russia • Venezuela • Condoleezza Rice • missile • arms deal • weapons • surface to air

Iran Adds Extra Missile
to Image of Yesterday's Tests

AFP retracts photo, front-page material across US, after discovery

Jul 10, 08 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Enemies of Tehran, prepare to be 25% less intimidated—and perhaps more amused. An image of three missiles being test launched yesterday was doctored by Iranian state media to add a fourth, the New York Times reports. Agence France Presse picked up the photo, which made front pages around the... More »

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Iran • newspaper • missile • Photoshop • doctored photo • Agence France-Presse

 Iran Tests Missile in Gulf
 in 'Warning' to US 

Nine weapons fired into strategic waterway as alert to 'enemies'

Jul 9, 08 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran demonstrated its military might today by firing nine long- and medium-range missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, which 40% of the world's oil passes through. Reports on Iranian television said that one of the weapons fired was the Shahab-3 missile, which has a range of 1,250 miles. The... More »

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • missile • Strait of Hormuz • tests

Israel Has a Year to Thwart Iranian Nuke: Official

Iran responds with threat; Tel Aviv worries about US backing

Jun 29, 08 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has 12 months to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons or risk Tehran’s wrath, a former Israeli defense official said. “The time that is left to be ready is getting shorter all the time,” Shabtai Shavit told the Telegraph. “We should do whatever... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Israel • nuclear weapons • Mossad • nuclear program • missile • George W. Bush

Arms Smugglers Had Nuke Blueprints

Design could have been passed to any 'treacherous regime'

Jun 15, 08 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Smugglers who sold weapons parts to Libya, Iran, and North Korea also had blueprints for a compact nuclear weapon—plans that could have been sold “to some of the most treacherous regimes in the world," warns an upcoming report by American and international investigators. The device could be... More »

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Iran • North Korea • nuclear weapons • design • missile • smuggler

Bush and Putin Part,
Missile Differences Intact

Agreement on a “road map” to “intensify dialogue”

Apr 6, 08 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush and Vladimir Putin ended their last meeting as heads of state today by agreeing they like each other—and little else. Washington had hoped the Black Sea summit would yield a compromise over US plans to build a missile defense shield in eastern Europe. “We’ve got... More »

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Russia • missile shield • Vladimir Putin • missile • summit • George W. Bush

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