South Korean officials have also said the North is poised to test-fire a medium-range missile capable of reaching the American territory of Guam.
Seoul also has been bracing for a possible missile test by North Korea since the isolated state moved a medium-range missile to its east coast last week.
Nor was it tied to the recent test of a medium-range missile, the No Dong, with which small nuclear weapons could be delivered against targets throughout South Korea and parts of Japan.
U.S. officials also anxiously tracked whether the leader, estimated to be 29 or 30 years old, would make good on his threat to test a medium-range missile, called the Musudan, over Asian waters.
U.S. officials also anxiously sought to track whether the leader, estimated to be 29 or 30 years old, would make good on his threat to test a medium-range missile, called the Musudan, over Asian waters.
South Korean defense officials say the North has moved missiles to the east coast, including a medium-range missile believed to be designed to strike U.S. territory, but there has been no indication of when they might test-fire the weapon.
Particularly in light of the intensified efforts now being made (ostensibly by both Washington and Moscow) to translate the new Israeli-PLO agreement into a lasting regional peace agreement, Russia's role in enhancing Syria's medium-range missile capability is utterly reprehensible.
South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin told a parliamentary committee in Seoul that the North has moved a medium-range missile to its East coast for an imminent test firing or military drill, according to the semi-official South Korean news agency Yonhap.
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) After a day of festivities to mark the 101st birthday of its first leader, North Korea on Tuesday offered new prickly rhetoric against the United States and South Korea, which are watching closely for signs whether it will conduct a medium-range missile test in defiance of international concerns.
The report, which was signed by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and sent to senators and U.S. representatives on defense committees, said Iran is continuing to develop other missiles that can hit Israel and Eastern Europe, including an extended-range Shabab-3 and a medium-range ballistic missile called the Ashura that can fly more than 1, 200 miles.
It was destroyed in 2007 when China targeted it for a test of a ground-based, medium-range ballistic missile.
As U.S. intelligence revealed last week, the destructive intercept was performed by a kinetic-kill vehicle (KKV) launched onboard a medium-range ballistic missile.
The self-guided Russian R-77 medium-range air-to-air missile is almost as good as the U.S. AIM-120 AMRAAM.
Soon, 30 Mil Mi-28 attack helicopters the current standard for Russian forces in all-weather, day-night, operations and 42 Pantsir-S1 short to medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft systems again the latest in Russian technology and capable of defense against stealth aircraft will be headed to Iraq.
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U.S. officials believe the North is preparing to test fire a medium-range "Musudan" missile.
In October, Pakistan tested a medium-range nuclear-capable missile which could hit targets deep in India.
Iran's medium-range Shahab-3 missile is based on the design of North Korea's Nodong-1.
Israel could in the meantime upgrade its PAC-2 anti-missile batteries responsible for contending with medium-range missiles, with US-made PAC-3s.
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Even more alarmingly, Israel has no medium-range or long-range conventional missile arsenals.
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Its most modern missile, the 1, 300km medium-range Shahab-3, could strike targets in Israel.
Fighter jets struck the vehicles because they were carrying SA-17 missile parts, a Russian-made medium-range delivery system, and equipment that could have been employed in an attack against Israel, another source told CNN.
For instance, in response to Syria's medium-range missiles, Israel is developing the David's Sling anti-missile system that should be ready in eight years.
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And Israel is developing its own anti-missile system to guard against the short- and medium-range rockets that Hizbullah showered on the north of the country.
The Islamic republic's "short- and medium-range" missiles pose the most current threat, he said, and "this new ballistic missile defense will best address" that threat.
The U.S. said on Wednesday it would move an advanced missile-defense system to Guam to defend U.S. bases in the Pacific against medium-range missiles from North Korea.
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