US officials: Increased activity at NKorea long-range missile site

October 5th, 2009 Report: NKorea nearly restores atomic facilitiesSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is in the final stage of restoring its nuclear facilities, a news report said Tuesday, as leader Kim Jong Il expressed a conditional willingness to end Pyongyang's boycott of international nuclear talks. South Korean and U.S.

September 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - United States is reportedly set to abandon its plans for a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic following a review of Iran's long-range missile program which has not shown the progress that the US was expecting from it. According to reports, reviews have found that Iran's threat to the continental US and major European capitals has reduced in the recent past.

July 3rd, 2009 Missile experts see Soviet parts in NKorean rocketWASHINGTON — With concerns rising about a possible North Korean long-range missile test this weekend, two independent scientists say the regime may be using an old Soviet ballistic missile to boost a rocket capable of reaching the West Coast of the United States. North Korea is not known to have nuclear warheads and faces years of research and testing before building such a reliable weapon.

July 3rd, 2009 South Korea says NKorea may fire more missilesSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea shrugged off North Korea's firing of short-range missiles, saying Friday they were part of routine military exercises, but it warned more launches are likely in coming days. But whether the communist country will fire a long-range missile aimed at the United States remained unclear, though U.S.

July 2nd, 2009 Reports: NKorea test-fires 2 short-range missilesSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean media report that North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles. Yonhap news agency reported Thursday the North fired two ground-to-ship missiles from its eastern coast.

July 2nd, 2009 Report: NKorea likely to fire barrage of missilesSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is highly likely to test-fire a barrage of missiles in coming days, a news report said Thursday, a move that would aggravate the already high tensions following Pyongyang's nuclear test and U.N. sanctions. The North is expected to launch short- or medium-range missiles, including banned ballistic rockets, from two sites on its east coast in early July, the South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo reported, citing an unidentified intelligence source.

June 23rd, 2009 NKorea warning hints short- to medium-range launchWASHINGTON — An impending missile test threatened by North Korea is expected to launch short- to medium-range missiles rather than a long-range missile similar to one tested in April, according to U.S. intelligence reports.

June 19th, 2009 Officials: Hawaii anti-missile move a safeguardWASHINGTON — A new anti-missile system ordered for Hawaii is partly a strategy to deter North Korea from test-firing a long-range missile across the Pacific and partly a precaution against the unpredictable regime, military officials said Friday. The United States has no indication that North Korean missile technology has improved markedly since past failed launches, and military and other assessments suggest the communist nation probably could not hit the westernmost U.S.

June 16th, 2009 Pentagon: NKorea missiles could threaten USWASHINGTON — North Korea's missiles could hit the United States in as few as three years if the reclusive rogue nation continues to ramp up its weapons system, Pentagon officials said Tuesday. At a Tuesday morning Senate hearing on missile defense, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn pointed to Pyongyang's recent steps to accelerate its long-range weapons program and agreed with Sen.

June 3rd, 2009 SEOUL - An intercontinental missile has been brought to an assembly hall at a new launch site on North Korea's northwest coast, a South Korean newspaper reported Wednesday. The missile appeared to be a longer version of the Taepodong 2 rocket that North Korea was believed to have fired April 5, an informed source told the JoongAng Ilbo.

June 1st, 2009 US official: NKorea readies missile, test possibleWASHINGTON — A U.S. official says North Korea is readying an advanced missile capable of reaching the United States, and that Pyongyang appears to be preparing to test it.

June 1st, 2009 NKorea appears to be testing long-range missileMANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says North Korea appears to be working on a long-range missile but it's not clear yet what they plan to do with it. At a Manila news conference Monday with Philippines Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C.

May 25th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea appears to have test-fired one short-range missile Monday after it conducted a second nuclear test, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said. The 130 km-range missile was fired from its Musudanri missile base in Southern Hamkyung province, Yonhap said.

May 8th, 2009 Report: Brisk activity at NKorea nuclear test siteSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean officials have detected "brisk" activity at a North Korean nuclear test site, a news report said Thursday, days after the communist country threatened to conduct nuclear and missile tests. Last week, the North said it would carry out a second nuclear test and test-launch intercontinental ballistic missiles, unless the U.N.

February 27th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea has begun to test radar and other equipment in preparation for launching what it claims to be a satellite, South Korean media reports said Friday. Increased activity was reported from the Musudan-ri missile launch site in the north-east of the communist state as North Korea moves closer to what South Korea claims is an attempt to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.