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Rumsfeld Calls Taepodong Failure A Fact Washington (AFP) Jul 05, 2006 
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Wednesday said the apparent failure of North Korea's long-range Taepodong-2 missile failed was a "fact." "Let me put it this way," he told reporters. "Why would someone spend that much money and launch that expensive an effort and then only gain 38 or 40 seconds worth of information from it?" Rumsfeld said he had been on and off the telephone with key US commanders for days before North Korea launched the Taepodong and six other shorter range missiles Tuesday and Wednesday.
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US/NKorean Neighbours Enraged At Missile Tests
Washington (AFP) Jul 05, 2006The United States and North Korea's Asian neighbours led international outrage on Wednesday over Pyongyang's missile tests, threatening sanctions, raising military alerts and urging the Stalinist regime to return to nuclear disarmament talks. Bush - Missile Failure Does Not Lessen NK Concern 
Washington (AFP) Jul 05, 2006US President George W. Bush said Wednesday that the failure of a North Korean missile thought capable of hitting US territory did not lessen his concerns about Pyongyang's weapons programs. UN Weighs Punitive Measures In Response To North Korea Missile Tests 
United Nations (AFP) Jul 05, 2006The UN Security Council on Wednesday weighed a draft resolution that would condemn North Korea's missile launches and call for punitive measures, but Russia and China signaled their opposition. |
Full Range And Capability Of Affordable Patriot Weapons System Demonstrated
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Jul 06, 2006Another successful test of Raytheon's Patriot system demonstrated the full range and capability of the affordable Patriot Weapons System at White Sands Missile Range, last month. First STOVL F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Takes Shape 
Samlesbury, UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2006BAE Systems has started assembling the aft fuselage of the first short take-off and vertical landing F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. QinetiQ Kits Convert JCBs/CATs To Remote Control 
Hampshire, UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2006QinetiQ has just launched a range of Applique Robotic Kits, that in less than 12 hours, convert the current in-service military JCB 4CXM or CAT320B families of vehicles into fully integrated remote controlled units for use in various hazardous environments. |
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NKorean Launches Put US Missile Defense To Test
Washington (AFP) Jul 05, 2006The US missile defense system was put to its first real test Tuesday and Wednesday with North Korea's launch of a long-range missile and a half dozen shorter range missiles. US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he was on and off the phone with top US commanders almost continuously for days before the tests. Cool Heads Needed On North Korea ICBM Tests 
Washington (UPI) Jul 05, 2006In the real world, it is only possible to talk about missile performance once a system is actually deployed and tested, its warhead is known, and enough firings have occured to confirm actual operational capability. NKorea/Iran Similar Problems/Different Solutions 
London (AFP) Jul 05, 2006International concern over North Korea's missile testing brings the issue of Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions back to the forefront alongside those of Iran, strategic affairs experts said Wednesday. |
Business As Usual In NK City Despite Test Failure
Tokyo (AFP) Jul 05, 2006North Korea triggered a storm of protests Wednesday over its missile tests, but you wouldn't have known it in Pyongyang where it was business as usual according to journalists on a trip there. British Nuclear Warheads Could Be Triggered By Road Crash Reports: New Scientist 
London (AFP) Jul 05, 2006Britain's Trident nuclear warheads could be partially detonated in a road pileup or plane crash, unleashing lethal doses of radiation, the British weekly New Scientist said. The Impossible Dream - Building Walls To Stay Safe 
Washington (UPI) Jul 05, 2006Particularly galling to the Israeli government is the belated discovery that "security fences," no matter how robust, can be flown over by hundreds of homemade Qassam rockets and tunneled under by Palestinians to kidnap Israelis on the other side. |
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