NKorea capable of building a missile that can hit the US: US intel (AFP)

[Eugene]

NKorea capable of building a missile that can hit the US: US intel

Tue Feb 27, 5:46 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - North Korea is technically capable of building a long-range missile
that can hit the United States despite a test failure last year, a senior US military
intelligence official said Tuesday.

Lieutenant General Michael Maples, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said North
Korea has probably learned from the failure of its Taepodong-2 missile during a test in July,
and made changes to its other missiles.

"I believe they have the technical capability, as we saw by the Taepodong, but they have
not successfully tested it yet," he told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Asked how long before North Korea would have a missile capable of reaching the United
States, he said, "I would probably estimate it's not a matter of years."

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070227/wl_asia_afp/usintelligencenkorea_070227224541

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[BayCityProgressive]

1. BREAKING NEWS

US has 30k troops on N Korean border, a declaration of war for 50 years, and can hit the country with nukes!!! Seriously, this is ridiculous. Even if they could hit the US they never would and neither would anyone else. Any country on Earth knows that the US would wipe them off the map in minutes if they attacked us here. The USSR never did it for God's sake..I really doubt N Korea will...