All posts tagged "missile"

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    S. Korea sees no sign of imminent NK rocket launch

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea is seeking to launch a satellite near a key anniversary next month, but there is no sign of an imminent rocket launch, a South Korean government source said Thursday. U.S. cable news...

    • Posted September 24, 2015
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  • NKMissiles
    N.K. building facility to build more powerful nuclear bombs

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — A new facility under construction at North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex appears to be designed to separate isotopes from spent fuel that can be used in building nuclear weapons more powerful than plutonium or...

    • Posted September 15, 2015
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  • NK Rockets
    S. Korea, US well equipped to detect N. Korean missile despite cover

    SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) — South Korea and the U.S. are well equipped to detect any signs of a North Korean missile launch despite the reported cover being installed over the North Korean launching pad, the Defense...

    • Posted August 3, 2015
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  • Photo of North Korean missile launch pad (Yonhap/KCNA)
    N. Korea completes upgrade of rocket site

    WASHINGTON, July 28 (Yonhap) — North Korea has completed construction to upgrade its main rocket launch facility, but is still showing no signs of preparations to launch a long-range rocket or missile from the facility, a U.S....

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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  • The Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket carrying the second version of Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite, is launched at West Sea Satellite Launch Site in Cholsan county, North Pyongan province, December 12, 2012 in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang early December 14, 2012. (Yonhap/KCNA)
    N. Korea installs its largest missile launch pad

    When North Korea said it was going to continue developing nuclear weapon and missile technology regardless of the Iran nuclear deal earlier on Tuesday, most observers probably didn’t expect that the communist state would also install a...

    • Posted July 21, 2015
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    S. Korea test-fires longer-range ballistic missile

    SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) — South Korea successfully test-fired a ballistic missile capable of reaching nearly all parts of North Korea, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday, in an apparent show of force against the communist country. The...

    • Posted June 3, 2015
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  • South Korean men pass by a TV news program showing images published in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea's ballistic missile believed to have been launched from underwater and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 9, 2015. North Korea said Saturday it has successfully test-fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine in what would be the latest display of the country's advancing military capability. The letters on the screen read "The missile believed to have been launched from underwater near Sinpo". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-oon)
    N. Korea unveils footage of ‘SLBM launch’

    (SLBM footage begins at 1:38) SEOUL, May 27 (Yonhap) — North Korea on Wednesday unveiled video footage that includes the scene of what it claimed to be a successful test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile. North Korea’s...

    • Posted May 27, 2015
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