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North Korea Forms New Missile Launch Units
Seoul (AFP) February 27, 2000 - North Korea has created up to six missile launch units, despite an agreement with the United States to suspend new ballistic missile tests, reports said Sunday. South Korea's national Yonhap news agency quoted a military official in Seoul as saying North Korea had recently formed four to six missile battalions stationed in underground bases. Furthermore, North Korea had also transformed large Japanese trucks into rocket launcher transporters and placed them near the border with South Korea, it said. Pyongyang also hoped to complete within the year the development of its Taepodong-1 missiles with a range estimated at 2,000 to 2,500 kilometers (1,250 to 1,560 miles), it said. South Korean officials declined to confirm the report. North Korea agreed to freeze its long-range missile programme last year, sparking a thaw with the United States which in return promised to lift certain economic sanctions against the communist regime. In subsequent talks, Washington has suggested the starving Stalinist state abandon the threat of weapons of mass destruction and renounce terrorism. But North Korea has set tough conditions on its cooperation in the US campaign to defuse the world's last Cold War flashpoint. Related Links
Pioneer 10 Performs Maneuver 10 Hours Out
Washington - February 24, 2000 - Pioneer 10 has successfully been commanded to perform a precession maneuver to repoint the spacecraft towards Earth. The operation was accomplished on February 11-12 with the signal level increasing 0.5-0.75 dBM as result of the maneuver. |
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