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Thursday, January 13, 2011

How Soon Can N.Korea Develop Long-Range Missiles?

Musudan missile complexU.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates claims that North Korea will be able to develop an inter-continental ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland within five years.

It is rare for a high-ranking U.S. government official to publicly present a time frame for such speculation.

A North Korean ICBM would have to have a maximum range of between 8,000-10,000 km to reach the continental U.S., and no ballistic missiles it has deployed so far have this range.

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