U.S. to Scout Missile Sites in Czech Rep.

Experts from the United States will arrive in the Czech Republic next week to examine locations for possible U.S. missile-defense base, the Czech Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

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India's Test Launch of New Missile Fails

India's first test-firing of a new missile designed to carry nuclear warheads across much of Asia and the Middle East was unsuccessful, the defense minister said. Although initially reported as a success by officials, the Agni III missile plunged into the Bay of Bengal short of its target, Defense Pranab Mukherjee told reporters late Sunday.

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Koreas Build Ties Despite Missile Testing

Just a few hours after North Korea's missile tests, hundreds of South Korean tourists boarded buses for a mountain resort on North Korea's east coast less than 60 miles south of one of the reported launch sites.

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Report: N.Korea May Launch Another Missile

Intelligence suggests North Korea could have another long-range Taepodong-2 at a launch site, but a test does not appear imminent, a news report quoted South Korea's defense minister as saying Friday.

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Report: N. Korea Missile Aimed at Hawaii

North Korea targeted waters near Hawaii when it fired a long-range missile this week, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday.

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Analysis: N. Korea Calling for Attention

North Korea's test-firing of a stream of missiles harmlessly into the sea appeared to be a military failure, but it achieved one important objective for Pyongyang: it got worldwide attention.

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7th N. Korean Missile Intensifies Furor

North Korea test-fired a seventh missile Wednesday, intensifying the furor that began when the reclusive regime defied international protests by launching a long-range missile and at least five shorter-range rockets earlier in the day.

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Chronology of N. Korea's Missile Program

A timeline on missile development in North Korea.

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N. Korea Tests 6 Missiles Despite Protests

North Korea test-launched six missiles including a long-range Taepodong in an early morning barrage Wednesday that came in defiance of international warnings of retaliation. A North Korean official insisted that the country has the right to such a launch, raising concern it is preparing more missile tests.

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N. Korea Reportedly Test-Launches Missile

Japanese broadcaster NHK says North Korea has test-launched a missile.

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South Korea to Purchase SM-2 Missiles

South Korea is considering buying U.S. shipborne SM-2 missiles to bolster its missile-defense system, a South Korean government official said Monday.

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Russia Test-Fires Ballistic Missile

Russia test-fired a ballistic missile Friday from a submarine in the Barents Sea to the Kamchatka peninsula in the country's far east, defense officials said.

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China Urges N. Korea Not to Test Missile

China's premier urged North Korea on Wednesday to desist from firing a long-range missile, while South Korea called on the United States to talk directly with North Korea to forestall a launch.

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China Urged to Dissuade N. Korea From Test

South Korea's foreign minister urged China to use its influence to dissuade North Korea from testing a long-range missile, but Western diplomats on Tuesday questioned Beijing's influence over the reclusive communist state.

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Missiles Going in at U.S. Bases in Japan

Tokyo and Washington have agreed to deploy advanced Patriot interceptor missiles on American bases in Japan for the first time, officials said Monday amid concerns North Korea may be preparing to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile.

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Japan: 'All Options' Open With N. Korea

Japan said Sunday that "all options" would be considered against North Korea, including oil and food sanctions, if the communist country tests a long-range missile that could reach the United States.

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Asia Watches U.S. in Korea Missile Impasse

Many Asian nations would cheer if the Americans shot down a long-range missile tested by North Korea, but a failure would raise unsettling questions for allies that rely on the U.S. military umbrella.

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Little Known About N. Korea's Intentions

The global jitters over suspected North Korean preparation to test a ballistic missile have underscored how little the world knows about Pyongyang's intentions, its missile capabilities or even what kind of rocket fuel it uses.

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Developments on North Korea Missile Issue

Developments Friday in the global reaction to a possible long-range missile launch by North Korea:

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North Korea Gives No Hint on Missile Test

North Korea gave no hint of whether it will fire a long-range missile as widely feared, a New Zealand diplomat who visited Pyongyang said Saturday. A top U.S. defense official expressed confidence the United States could intercept a missile from the North.

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US, Japan Sign Joint Missile Defense Deal

Japan and the United States signed an agreement Friday to expand their cooperation on a joint ballistic missile defense shield, moving to protect themselves amid signs North Korea could test a ballistic missile.

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Missile Threat Strengthens U.S.-Japan Ties

Many Japanese in the aftermath of the Cold War seriously questioned their country's security alliance with the United States. A decade later, those voices are a lot softer, and one nation deserves much of the credit: North Korea.

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U.S., Japan Expand Missile-Defense Plan

The United States and Japan agreed Friday to strengthen cooperation on missile defense amid concerns of a possible long-range rocket launch by North Korea.

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Many Americans in Missile Range Just Shrug

The Alaskan coastal village of Hooper Bay is about 3,200 miles from North Korea's intercontinental missile. For some in the Bering Sea town, that's a bit too close for comfort.

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Russia Summons N. Korean Envoy in Moscow

China said publicly Thursday it was deeply concerned over a possible long-range missile launch by North Korea, while Russia summoned Pyongyang's ambassador in Moscow to express its alarm.

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LEBANON UNDER SIEGE; 50 people dead ,fears of a regional war.

there is no way in which the pusillanimous, argumentative Lebanese Government can control one Hezbollah militia man, let alone the whole Hezbollah movement. And this is a sectarian country. Hezbollah is basically a Shi'ite movement.

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China, Russia offer plan for North Korea missiles

The recent trouble with North Korea is a reminder of how complex international politics truly is: not only is the United States concerned with North Korea as a proliferator, the Japanese are beginning to make noise about becoming more assertive militarily than allowed in the post …

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Hamas Vows Painful Response and would target Israeli civilians.

An F-16 jet demolished the Gaza City house with senior leaders from the ruling party’s military wing believed to be in it at the time of the strike. The Ezzedine al Qassam Brigades said that in response it would target Israeli civilians.

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Missile Tests Divide Seoul From Tokyo - New York Times

By NORIMITSU ONISHI SEOUL, South Korea, July 10 — Soon after North Korea started launching missiles before dawn last Wednesday, Japan’s television networks canceled their regular programming to broadcast the news and the government’s quick response. By contrast, except  …

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Pyongyang's missiles right on target

LONDON - The search for a face-saving way out of the latest version of the Korean missile crisis leaves the United States with fast-diminishing options and risky alternatives.

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NKOREA: Stronger Action Threat

"Japan occupied Korea with its military 40 years ago, but settlement for that past has not yet been finished," NHK quoted North Korea's envoy to talks on normalization of diplomatic relations with Japan as saying, lambasting Tokyo's demand for multilateral sanctions as "prepost …

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North preparing second Taepodong-2 for launch

U.S. spy satellites have photographed a second Taepodong-2 long-range missile assembled at a base on North Korea's northeast coast, government sources said Thursday evening.

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Why Did they Fire the Missiles?

We are about to hit the one year mark since Israel left Gaza. When Israel did this, it was "unilateral" - they did not coordinate with the PLO or Hamas, they did not do this as a result of any agreement with someone deigning to represent the Palestinian people. They just left.

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N.Korea launched 10 missiles: Russian armed forces

North Korea launched a total of 10 missiles, the head of Russia's General Staff was quoted as saying on Wednesday, but he could not confirm how many of them were intercontinental weapons.

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Missile Launches Condemned

North Korea has test-fired up to six missiles, including a long-range Taepodong-2 capable of reaching US soil, sparking furious condemnation from neighbouring Japan and the United States.

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Nth Korea Missile: Bush Demands

US President George W Bush has urged North Korea to disclose what is inside its long-range missile that it appears to be preparing to launch - and say whether it plans to fire the rocket.

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North Korea will pay a price for missile test: Seoul

From the page: -- South Korea warned North Korea on Monday there would be a price to pay if it launched a long-range missile, using its strongest language yet to try to dissuade Pyongyang from a test-flight. --

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Clowns Sabotage Nuclear Missile.... (seriously)

On Tuesday morning, a retired Catholic priest and two veterans put on clown suits, busted into a nuclear missile launch facility, and began beating the silo cover with hammers, in an attempt to take the Minuteman III missile off-line. Seriously.

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First-Strike against Northern Korea?

A pre-emptive strike would bring disastrous reactions from damned near everyone, so seems unlikely.

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If Necessary, Strike and Destroy

"North Korean technicians are reportedly in the final stages of fueling a long-range ballistic missile that some experts estimate can deliver a deadly payload to the United States.

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Missile Defense Prepped; Kim Yawns

From the article: The Ground-based Midcourse Defense system hasn't successfully intercepted a missile since October of 2002. Five of its last ten flight tests, it flunked. And the last two times it tried to hit an oncoming missile, the interceptor didn't even leave the ground.

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All options open if North Korea tests missile: US envoy

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US activates missile defense amid N.Korea dispute - Yahoo! News

The missile defense shield has such a poor record that the Department of defense must be horrified at the prospect of a live test against a real target. The Center for Denfense Information reports:

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The War Against the Maritime Power

If the United States and Russia are fighting a low intensity war then it begs the question: what are the elements of the Russian strategy to defeat the United States? Russian strategy against the United States would focus on four goals:

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Bloomberg.com: China Urges North Korea to Suspend Missile Test

The Chinese assert themselve diplomatically as a check against North Korea. I'm interested to see how successful they are.

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North Korea says not bound by missile test pledges

Pledges? We don't need no stinking pledges!

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Look at me!

Like many of you, today I am watching the headlines with a little bit of extra focus. Needless to say, the possibility of North Korea launching their missile (a missile that we don't fully know its capabilities) is worrisome.

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Warnings fly on fears of North Korea missile test

The United States and Japan warned North Korea against a missile launch as some officials said Pyongyang appeared to have finished fuelling for a test flight that could possibly reach as far as Alaska.

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US urges NKorea against "provocative" missile test

See, I wouldn't say anything to them via the press, but what I would do is go ahead and test our missile that will knock this one out of the sky. JUST in case they get trigger happy.

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N.Korea said readying missile test: US officials

"Hey look at us! We're a threat too, you know!!"

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