Lockheed Martin successfully conducted a test of the new upgraded guidance and control system for the Army Tactical Missile system (ATACMS) at White Sands Missile Range.

在白沙导弹试验场，洛克西德马丁公司对陆军战术导弹系统(ATACMS)新升级的导航和控制系统进行了一次成功的测试。

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In a move that could heighten tensions between the two countries, Pyongyang is reportedly preparing to test a Taepodong-2 ballistic missile believed to have sufficient range to reach US territory.

据报道平壤正准备试发一颗大浦洞2号弹道导弹，这枚导弹射程足以到达美国国土。这一举动将使两国关系更为紧张。

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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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Israel is alarmed by Iran's recent test firing of its longest-range missile and previous threats by its president to wipe the Jewish state "off the map."

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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.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

U.S.officials say the self-described satellite launch would only be a cover for a test of a long-range missile, perhaps a more advanced version of the one North Korea fired eastward over Japan in 1998.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

And a U.S. decision to postpone a long-range missile test this month could provide a pretext for the North to declare a symbolic victory.

NPR: Analysis: US Offers Talks But Not On NKorean Terms

The start of presidential campaigning in South Korea comes amid reports that North Korea could carry out a long-range missile test in coming weeks.

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Most recently, the importance of America's alliance with Japan has been underlined by North Korea's preparations to test a long-range missile.

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