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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Seoul developing anti-missile defense base

Patriot PAC-3The military is developing an exclusive operational control tower by 2012 to detect and shoot down North Korean missiles, Defense Ministry officials said yesterday.

The anti-missile defense system -- also known as the AMD-Cell -- is a 300 billion won ($213 million) project that would hand Seoul an independent system for defending against missiles from the North.

Intelligence sources have said Pyongyang is preparing for a test launch of the Taepodong-2, a long-range ballistic missile considered capable of reaching the western coast of the United States.

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