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DPRK Capable Of Ballistic Missile Test: Official
United Nations (XNA) Sep 27, 2004 The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is now capable of conducting a Ballistic Missile Test (BMT) flight, but all allegations about when and how the test would be made, were nothing but rumors, a top DPRK official said here Monday. In an interview with Xinhua, DPRK's Vice Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon, who is here for the annual high-level UN debate, said he had nothing to hide with respect to his country's BMT capabilities. "We sent a satellite into orbit in 1998; we do have the capabilities; there is nothing to hide," he said. But he denied allegations that his country would test flight ballistic missiles in the near future, saying those reports were just "rumors." He highlighted the importance of DPRK's nuclear power in maintaining regional peace and stability, adding that there will not be any nuclear issue in the Korean Peninsula without US hostile moves. He noted that the United States was still refusing to remove a list of sanctions imposed on the DPRK, and from removing the DPRK from a list of countries purportedly backing terrorism, even after the DPRK declared unilaterally to freeze all nuke programs, which, according to Choe, had cost his country billions of dollars. "If the United States has the will to coexist peacefully with the DPRK by abandoning its hostile policy on the DPRK, the nuclear issue will be resolved properly," he said. While on the list of the so-called "axis of evil," the DPRK will always live under the threat of US preemptive nuclear strikes, he noted, highlighting the importance of the DPRK's nuke power. He refused to give any detail on the DPRK's nuclear capacity, only repeating that his country had weaponized some uranium materials. Source: Xinhua News Agency Related LinksSpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express
China Test-Firing New Cruise Missile Which Threatens Taiwan: Journal
Taipei (AFP) Sep 19, 2004China has test-fired a cruise missile which will pose a new threat to rival Taiwan, according to a leading defense journal. The land attack cruise missile (LACM) will have a range of 1,500 kilometers (900 miles), the London-based Jane's Missiles and Rockets magazine says in the article to be published on October 1. |
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