Most analysts don't expect North Korea to stage an attack on the U.S. or its allies and it isn't thought to have the missile technology to hit long-range targets.
The threats against the U.S. are also hard to take seriously because hitting long-range targets is still widely believed to be beyond the current limits of North Korea's missile technology.
For example, it expands the range of targets that can be attacked.
The attacks show how the range of targets are broadening beyond organized criminals, many based in Eastern Europe, seeking customer data like credit card numbers.
"Our approach gives a low-power route to the depth imaging of ordinary, small targets at very long range, " said Aongus McCarthy, a research fellow at Heriot-Watt.
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Goldman also reduced its price targets for a wide range of alternative energy stocks, including not just First Solar but also MEMC Electronic Materials, SunPower, STR, EnerSys, Itron, Amyris, KiOr and Solazyme.
In 1994, the United States announced it was no longer aiming long-range nuclear missiles at targets in the former Soviet Union.
When he's not touring, Mr. Davis, 64, can often be found on a golf cart, aiming bow-and-arrow at life-size rubber animal targets with his three children who range in age from 12 to 20.
Due to these unforeseen factors, we are providing a wider than usual range of revenue and EPS targets for the second quarter of 2011.
After a hacking spree that lasted fifty days and hit a wide range of corporate and government targets, LulzSec claimed to disband three weeks ago.
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At the time, the Blair government did little to discourage the widespread assumption that this meant long-range weapons could reach British targets, such as the military base on Cyprus.
Uzi Rubin, a missile expert and former Defense Ministry official, told the AP that if the target were Fateh-110 missiles as reported then it is a game changer as they put almost all Israel in range and can accurately hit targets.
The company targets investment yields starting in the high 4% range.
The union says the company has failed to act on a range of staff concerns which include stress, unachievable targets and widespread use of agency workers.
The two specialists have at hand a range of electronic equipment to protect the aircraft and attack ground targets.
Originally designed to speed nuclear bombs into Cold War Russia, the B-1 was retooled to become a long-range bomber able to carry more conventional bombs, allowing it to hit more targets over a wider area.
The standard sets targets for the amount of ethanol production in the country through 2022 and allows for long-range planning in the industry, says Matt Hartwig, spokesman for the Renewable Fuels Association.
There is the basic pay, which for most includes a lump sum plus the money for each patient on their list, while the second part is effectively a bonus for offering a range of extra services such as diabetes care and their overall performance as measured against targets.
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