South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin told a parliamentary committee Monday that North Korea still appeared poised to launch a missile from its east coast.
The United States demonstrated the capability to launch a ballistic missile from a surface ship nearly forty years ago.
They spoke on the same day a U.S. official first told CNN that communications intercepts indicated North Korea may be planning to launch a mobile ballistic missile in the coming days or weeks.
Military analysts doubt whether Iraq has the technology to launch a chemically-tipped missile without having it detected first, or having the chemicals destroyed in flight.
When the control computer has decided the best time to launch, it tells a launcher to fire a missile or missiles - typically two might be fired at a target in rapid succession because one alone does not guarantee a hit.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, which has responsibility for U.S. homeland defense, is watching the region via satellite and the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain, Navy destroyers armed with sophisticated missile defense systems, have been positioned to best be able to detect and track a missile launch.
Experts point to a similar launch in 2009 that they say was actually a ballistic missile, noting no satellite was ever detected in space.
South Korea's defense minister reiterated Monday that North Korea appeared to be ready for a missile launch but the day passed without incident.
South Korea's defense minister reiterated Monday that North Korea appeared to be ready for a missile launch but it had not proceeded by early evening.
Their Aegis missile defence system, deployed to protect American carrier groups, is designed to track a missile's trajectory from launch.
"It is worrisome to some degree, but it is different from a ballistic missile launch, " said Pinkston, of the International Crisis Group in Seoul, South Korea.
This situation is compounded by the fact that the Soviets would retain the ability to launch such weapons from myriad missile launchers and torpedo tubes that would remain even if a ban were agreed upon.
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But the officials said the activity was very preliminary, with no missile parts seen, and any launch would take a lot more time to prepare.
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Casualties include a scale-back of the Airborne Laser program to enable enemy missile interceptions during their early launch phase, along with the elimination of the Multiple Kill Vehicle and Kinetic Energy Interceptor which uses small warheads on a single rocket to handle decoys and offer a better chance of success.
This included a scale-back of the Airborne Laser program to enable enemy missile interceptions during their early launch phase, along with the elimination of the Multiple Kill Vehicle and Kinetic Energy Interceptor which uses small warheads on a single rocket to handle decoys and offer a better chance of success.
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