North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd L) visits a military unit at an undisclosed location in North Korea in this recent picture distributed by North Korea's official news agency KCNA on October 11, 2008.(KCNA/Reuters)
North Korea Building Base For Bigger Missiles:
South -- Yahoo News/Reuters
South -- Yahoo News/Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters) – A new North Korean missile base being built near its border with China is larger in scale than existing bases and can eventually launch intercontinental missiles, South Korea's defense minister said on Tuesday.
North Korea's missile program is a pressing security concern because the secretive state has an arsenal of 800 ballistic missiles that can strike South Korea and Japan and is working to build a functional missile that can hit U.S. territory.
The new base is 80 percent finished, Minister Lee Sang-hee told parliament.
North Korea has conducted an engine ignition test for a long-range missile at the base in Tongchang-ri about 50 km (30 miles) from the Chinese border, intelligence sources have been quoted as saying by South Korean media.
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