Sunday, December 21, 2008

N. Korea has ballistic missiles reaching US mainland

North Korea possesses long-range ballistic missiles than can reach the mainland United States as well as Hawaii, Admiral Timothy Keating of the US Pacific Command said Thursday.

"North Korea does have intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach the United States, including Hawaii and territories of the Untied States in our responsibility in the Pacific," Keating said in a news conference at the National Press Building here.

The admiral, however, said that his command is "more than prepared to address this issue should it develop." North Korea test-fired a long-range missile in 2006 for the second time after a similar one in 1998 amid conflicting reports about the success of the tests.

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