The North Korean Missile Crisis
New developments Tuesday in the ongoing nuclear confrontation
between the US and North Korea. First... the North Koreans
apparently completed fueling their newest long-range missile -- a
true ICBM capable of hitting targets in Alaska, western Canada, and
perhaps even along the West Coast of the US mainland.
The Taepodong-2 stands ready on its launchpad in the
northeastern part of North Korea... and could be launched as early
as Wednesday.
Despite calls from nations around the world -- including the
United States and Japan -- to stand down from its long-range
missile test and honor a 1998 treaty banning such flights... North
Korea Tuesday said it has a sovereign right to launch the vehicle,
and would do so in the face of what it called American
provocation.
As a result, American
military sources let it be known that the US has transferred its
ground-based missile defense systems from test to operational
status.
We begin our in-depth coverage now with ANN Senior Correspondent
Kevin O'Brien... followed by comments from Leonard Spector,
Deputy Director of the Monterey Institute's Center for
Non-Proliferation Studies... and Mark Kelso, chairman of social
sciences at Queens University in Charlotte, NC.
This feature is in addition to our daily news briefing --
available in either a quick "Touch And Go" format or an expanded
Aero-Briefing.
ANN Daily Touch N Go:
06.21.06 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing:
06.21.06 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- The North Korean
Missile Crisis: 06.21.06 (ANN Special Feature,
with analysis of North Korea's imminent plans to test a long range
ICBM.)
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