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Report: North Korean Missile Was Aimed Off Hawaii

July 7, 2006 :: Reuters :: News

The long-range Taep’o-dong 2 ballistic missile test-launched by North Korea this week was aimed at an area of the ocean close to Hawaii, reports the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun The information comes from data collected by U.S. and Japanese Aegis-equipped destroyers on the Taep’o-dong’s angle of take-off and altitude. The Sankei Shimbun speculated that North Korea may have targeted Hawaii to demonstrate to the U.S. that it was capable of landing a missile there, or because the island is home to the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific fleet. (Article)

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