NKorea aims to show long-range capacity: US spy chief

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US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair.

by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) March 26, 2009
North Korea is trying to show that it has the ability to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, the US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told reporters Thursday.

"North Korea is attempting to demonstrate an ICBM capability through a space launch that's what they are up to," Blair told journalists in his first press conference.

Pyongyang is said to have put a rocket onto a launch pad after saying it planned to put a communications satellite into space between April 4 and 8.

The rocket is believed to be a long-range Taepodong-2 missile theoretically capable of reaching Alaska.

The United States, South Korea and Japan say the launch is a pretext for a long-range missile test and say they would refer it to the UN Security Council.

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