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NKorea aims to show long-range capacity: US spy chief
Washington (AFP) March 26, 2009 North Korea is trying to show that it has the ability to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, the US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told reporters Thursday. "North Korea is attempting to demonstrate an ICBM capability through a space launch that's what they are up to," Blair told journalists in his first press conference. Pyongyang is said to have put a rocket onto a launch pad after saying it planned to put a communications satellite into space between April 4 and 8. The rocket is believed to be a long-range Taepodong-2 missile theoretically capable of reaching Alaska. The United States, South Korea and Japan say the launch is a pretext for a long-range missile test and say they would refer it to the UN Security Council. Related Links Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
Outside View: If Pakistan fails -- Part 4
Lusaka, Zambia, April 29, 2009 Pakistan is a weak country, close to being ungovernable, to the extent that too many elements within its society do not really recognize the legitimacy of popularly elected leaders. |
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