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Homeland Security

MDA Leader: North Korea Already Has ICBM Capability

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Monday, June 9th, 2008

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North Korea has the capability to design and build an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), even though a Taepo Dong-2 missile failed in a 2006 test, a senior U.S. missile defense official said. "North Korea has ICBM capability," said David Altwegg, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) executive director. He spoke before the National Defense Industrial Association forum on sea-based missile defense. Given the "scary" progress North Korea has made in developing a long-range missile, "an ICBM can't be far behind," Altwegg said.…

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