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Japan is ready to shoot down the North-Korean rocket; Russia sends spy aircraft

Honshu, Japan - The launch is planned this week, but the hypothesis of a ballistic missile from Pyongyang is not yet excluded

Many experts and countries expressed their concerns about the new space mission North Korea is ready to launch. These concerns are most of all related to the hypothesis Pyongyang is hiding the development of a nuclear ballistic missile, covering it with the announcement of a space mission. Officially the Unha-3 launcher should put a meteo satellite into the orbit during the celebration of ex-president...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1139536
Rome, Italy, 04/11/2012 18:08
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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