‘North Korea tested improved short-range missile’
SEOUL: The short-range missile North Korea is thought to have tested at the weekend was a Soviet-era rocket modified so it could reach new US bases in South Korea, a South Korean newspaper reported on Wednesday.
A South Korean military official told the daily JoongAng Ilbo that an analysis of Pyongyang’s missile test conducted by Seoul indicated the North had upgraded a Soviet FROG-7 rocket by adding a new navigation system and extending its range. The revamped missile could hit US military bases that are scheduled to be moved south from Seoul to new sites about 75 km (47 miles) south of the South Korean capital by 2008, the official told the paper…
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Why does North Korea need to test or upgrade any missiles when it got the lovely Chinese people to give them a handful for free?
Obvisouly this so-called test was nothing more than a show, a detterent. I bet every single missile ‘test’ reminds the Japanese of their miserable world war 2 adventure which ended with Nagasaki and Hiroshima being nuked.
The same could happen again. A few Ghauris and Shaheens on adventurous Hindustan will make New Delhi and Mumbai memorial services for the next 50 years.