Posted on 03/09/2010 3:53:22 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
North Korea launch new missile facility
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 » 08:38pm
North Korea has set up an new military division to deploy and operate its medium-range ballistic missiles.
North Korea has set up an independent military division to deploy and operate its medium-range ballistic missiles, a report said on Tuesday.
A South Korean government source quoted by Yonhap news agency said the move indicates the North's determination to continue developing IRBMs (intermediate-range ballistic missiles).
With a range of more than 3000 kilometres, these are capable of hitting US military bases in Japan and Guam.
North Korea has defied a UN Security Council resolution ordering it to halt work on its ballistic missile program.
'We believe the operation of this separate unit indicates North Korea's intention to produce new IRBMs,' the source was quoted as saying. 'These missiles have US military bases in Japan and also in Guam in range.'
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Meanwhile the north korean people are eatng bark to stay alive.
There’s a deluxe suite in the bottom of hell reserved for Kim Jong Il.
Right next to his papa.
Are these fixed-site launchers or are the missiles a mobile system? If they’re fixed sites, one hit from a GBU-28 laser-guided bomb and that launcher site will be rendered unusable with a big hole in the ground.
Thanks for the ping.
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