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N. Korea tested engine for 5,000km-range rocket
Pyongyang tested an engine for its modernized long-range missile just a day before its third nuclear test on February 12, Yonhap news agency reported. Both of North Korea’s missile launch sites are also being upgraded, Seoul has claimed.
An engine firing test for the KN-08 missile took place at the Dongchang-ri launch site in North Pyongan province last Monday, Yonhap reported. The new engine will extend the range of the KN-08 to 5,000 kilometers.
“If the North decides the test successful, it is expected to operationally deploy the new long-range rocket,” an anonymous South Korean government source told Yonhap.
In March 2012, North Korea deployed six mobile ballistic missile complexes to celebrate the 100th birthday of Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea and grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un, and showcased the arms in a military parade.
At the time, the US roundly criticized China for allegedly exporting the missile transporters to Pyongyang. The White House accused Beijing of delivering to North Korea in 2011 the “largest self-propelled overload special off-road transporter in China,” in defiance of a UN ban on such military sales; China denied the allegations.
http://rt.com/news/engine-missile-north-korea-416/
2013-02-17 11:19:22
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