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Friday, August 03, 2012

S. Korea close to expanding missile range


South Korea and the United States are close to agreement on expanding the range of Seoul's ballistic missiles to better guard against threats from North Korea, a report said Thursday.

Defence Minister Kim Kwan-Jin, in an interview with the Segye Times, said he would try to agree an increase by the end of this year on the current 300-kilometre (186-mile) limit.

"The US has agreed on the need for us to strengthen ballistic missile capability in order to better respond to North Korea's ballistic missile threat," the paper quoted Kim as saying.

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