Using data and imagery from North Korea's April 4 launch, Postol and Wright calculated that the second stage of the North Korean rocket had the external dimensions, engine power and key features of an SS-N 6, a Soviet submarine-launched ballistic missile first deployed in 1968
The missile has been around for a while, so it's up in the air how they aquired them but the scarey part is..
it could modify the rocket into a two-stage missile that could reach Seattle, Wash., carrying a 900-kilogram warhead, or San Francisco carrying a 700-kilogram charge.
The design of a long-range missile tested by North Korea last April "represents a very significant advance in rocket technology," said Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Ted Postol and Union of Concerned Scientists'
Maybe we are underestinating the North Koreans capabilities. They do have the 3rd largest active army, and the largest army reserves in the world. See Here
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www.breitbart.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
[edit on 2-7-2009 by MysterE]
