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| | North Korea has new intermediate-range missile: US source |
 | | If the missile's characteristics are confirmed, its deployment will represent a major boost for North Korea's arsenal, which at the moment consists primarily of several variations of aging Scud missiles and the 1,300-kilometer-range (806-mile) No Dong, which, according to the CIA, remains the longest-range ballistic missile Pyongyang has actually deployed. |
 | | A missile is normally classified as intermediate if it has a range of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers (310-3,410 miles). |
 | | The source said the new missile was land-based, did not have the range to reach the United States, and was designed "to complement" North Korea's existing arsenal. |
| www.spacedaily.com /2003/030911060058.wz3iippd.html (487 words) |
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