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Nkorea missile could reach us Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=10&u=/ap/20030911/ap_on_sc/us_north_korea http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=10&u=/ap/20030911/ap_on_sc/us_north_korea Science - AP Feds: N. Korea Missile Could Reach U.S. Thu Sep 11,11:35 AM ET Add Science - AP to My Yahoo! By GEORGE GEDDA, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - North Korea (news - web sites) has been using Russian technology in developing a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching any target in the continental United States, an administration official said Thursday. The official, asking not to be identified, estimated the potential range at 9,400 miles. The distance from Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, to San Francisco is about 5,500 miles. In theory at least, the new missile could strike any target on U.S. soil, a potential that becomes all the more ominous if Pyongyang is able to cap the rocket with a nuclear warhead, the official said. There were indications that North Korean planned to exhibit the missile — as well as models from the country's existing system — during National Day festivities on Tuesday but did not do so, the official said. The official said the development is significant because it demonstrates cooperation from Russian entities or scientists. The Bush administration has raised the issue with Russian government officials, who indicated surprise and disapproval of the activity, the official said. It is not clear whether the official's description of the new missile being developed is shared by all intelligence community analysts. According to the official, the missile is based on Russia's SSN6, a Soviet-era submarine-launched ballistic missile. Two weeks ago, officials from North Korea and the United States, along with China, South Korea (news - web sites), Japan and Russia, met in Beijing to discuss ways of surmounting the impasse over the North's nuclear weapons system. The Bush administration has not made clear the extent to which North Korea's missile program will be a part of the six-nation process. A new meeting is expected to be held next month. North Korea has maintained a moratorium on missile tests since 1998. But, the official said, the significance of this step is diminished by the fact that Iran has been testing missiles based on technology imported from North Korea.

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