The launch was also a finger in the eye for America, which has seen its latest long-range anti-ballistic-missile test in the Pacific suffer an embarrassing radar malfunction.

美国对这次发射了如指掌，刚刚在太平洋进行的远程反导试验出现了令人尴尬的雷达故障。

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Finally, calculation is made on typical long range ballistic missile according to the model. The results shows that the formulas can meet required precision in correction before the launch.

并按该计算模型，对典型远程导弹进行了计算，结果表明，该修正公式计算精度高，能用于导弹射前修正。

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Work on creation of ballistic long-range missiles continued at OKB-1 and, as a result of goal-oriented studies and experiments, the first strategic missile, the R-5, appeared.

第1特种设计局继续着研制远程弹道导弹的工作，作为有的放矢的研究试验工作的回报，第一枚战略导弹R-5诞生了。

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U.S.officials say no part of the three-stage rocket reached orbit and the launching was a thinly-disguised test of a long-range ballistic missile that was banned under a 2006 U.N.resolution.

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U.S.officials said no part of the three-stage vehicle reached orbit, and that in any case it amounted to a long-range ballistic missile test forbidden under a Security Council resolution that followed its October 2006 nuclear test.

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North Korea announced Tuesday it is leaving the Chinese-sponsored six-party talks on its nuclear program and will restart its plutonium facility at Yongbyon in response to a U.N.Security Council statement condemning its April 5 launch of a long-range ballistic missile.

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North Korea, meanwhile, is believed to be preparing to test a long-range ballistic missile that could reach the United States.

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North Korea said the rocket was designed to carry an observation satellite, though the United States, South Korea and Japan said it was a cover for a long-range ballistic missile test.

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While North Korea has a poor track record at successful long-range ballistic missile tests, U.S. intelligence officials have said Pyongyang is taking its time and making sure it's doing things right this time.

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