North Korea Launches Missile Into Sea of Japan; Test Coincides with Anti-Proliferation Talks

The ColumbianMay 02, 2005

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SEOUL, South Korea North Korea apparently test-fired a missile into the Sea of Japan on Sunday, raising new fears about Pyongyang's nuclear intentions just days after a U.S. intelligence official said the secretive Stalinist state had the ability in theory to arm a missile with a nuclear warhead.

News of the test launch first appeared in Japanese media reports, citing U.S. military officials as having informed the Japanese and South Korean governments of the test launch, which took the missile about 65 miles off the North Korean coast. Later, the White House chief of staff confirmed the incident in an interview with CNN's "Late Edition."

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North Korea Launches Missile Into Sea of Japan; Test Coincides with Anti-Proliferation Talks

"It appears that there was a test of a short-range missile by the North Koreans and it lande...

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