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Sunday, July 18, 2010

S.Korea develops long-range cruise missile

South Korea has developed a longer-range cruise missile capable of hitting nuclear or military sites in North Korea, a report said Saturday.

The state-run Agency for Defense Development has begun manufacturing the ground-to-ground Hyunmu-3C with a range of up to 1,500 kilometres (937 miles), Yonhap news agency quoted an unidentified defence official as saying.

The Hyunmu-3C missile would also be able to reach parts of China, Japan and Russia. The previous version of the Hyunmu had a range of only 1,000 km.

The report could not immediately be confirmed.

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