He says circumstantial evidence indicates the launch involves a long-range missile rather than a satellite. He adds, the technology for both are almost identical.

他说，间接的证据显示，这次发射的其实是一枚远程导弹而不是什么卫星。他说，发射卫星和导弹的技术几乎是相同的。

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S. -north Korean relations and without the prospect of serious talks, Pyongyang ended the moratorium in 2006 and conducted long-range missile launches that year and in 2009.

鉴于普遍恶化的美朝关系，以及正式会谈前景不明，平壤开始了2006年中断的试验，并于当年和2009年进行了远程导弹发射。

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France is helping India build the Astra air-to-air beyond-visual-range missile, while Dassault is vying for India’s ＄10 billion purchase of 126 medium multirole combat aircraft.

法国正帮助印度构建Astra空对空超视距导弹系统，与此同时法国达索公司也正在竞争印度100亿美元的126中型多用途作战飞机购买合同。

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North Korea fired a long-range missile over Japan in 1998 in an action that generated broad international protests.

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He says circumstantial evidence indicates the launch involves a long-range missile rather than a satellite.

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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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The launch will undoubtedly be a test of an intermediate-range missile, not an attack.

FORBES: China Helped North Korea Target American Cities

He later issued a terse statement pointing to the need for defences to deal with emerging long-range missile threats.

ECONOMIST: Missile defences

Analysts say North Korea is years away from being able to accurately deliver a nuclear weapon atop a long-range missile.

CNN: March 17, 2013 -- Updated 1952 GMT (0352 HKT)