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Missile experts see Soviet parts in NKorean rocket

Thursday, July 02, 2009 6:30:49 PM
By PAMELA HESS

Mock models of a North Korean Scud-B missile, center, South Korea's Hawk surface-to-air missiles are on display at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 29, 2009. North Korea criticized the U.S. on Monday for positioning missile defense systems around Hawaii, calling the deployment part of a plot to attack the regime and saying it would bolster its nuclear arsenal in retaliation.  (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)WASHINGTON (AP) - With concerns rising about a possible North Korean long-range missile test this weekend, two independent scientists say the regime may be using an old Soviet ballistic missile to boost a rocket capable of reaching the West Coast of the United States.

North Korea is not known to have nuclear warheads and faces years of research and testing before building such a reliable weapon.

But the scientists say that if North Korea does have such a Russian-made ballistic missile in its arsenal, it could modify the rocket into a two-stage missile that could reach Seattle, Wash., carrying a 900-kilogram warhead, or San Francisco carrying a 700-kilogram charge.


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