North Korean Missile Bases Target Japan
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Courtesy Of: SpaceWar.com
By Agence France Presse
Aug. 03, 2006

Seoul--North Korea has been building new underground missile bases along its east coast, targeting Japan and US military facilities in Japan, a report said Thursday.

Some 200 Rodong missiles with a range of up to 2,200 kilometers (1,330 miles) and 59 SSN-6 missiles with ranges of 2,500 to 4,000 kilometers are at new bases, the state-run Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) said in the report carried by Yonhap News Agency.

"The new bases clustered along the east coast line are for medium-and long-range missiles targeting Japan and US military bases in Japan," read the report by Yun Deok-Min, an IFANS arms control expert.

"Combined with its nuclear weapons, North Korea's ballistic missiles provides it with a powerful deterrent."

North Korea has also constructed new underground missile bases deep in mountains near its border with China, to avoid outside attacks, it said.

...Pyongyang's official Rodong Sinmun Newspaper on Thursday warned against Japan's recent US-backed military buildup which it said "Is aimed to mount a preemptive attack" on North Korea.

"The Japanese reactionaries had better behave with discretion, bearing in mind that reinvasion of Korea is as foolish an act as Jumping into fire with (a) faggot on one's back," Rodong said.


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