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| N. KOREA OFFERS IMPROVED SCUD B TO MIDEAST |
| 2003-03-05 |
| LONDON [MENL] -- North Korea has launched the marketing of a more accurate Scud-class missile to Middle East clients. Western industry sources said Pyongyang has been offering such countries as Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen a more accurate version of the Scud B missile. The sources said the Scud B would maintain the range and payload of the original version but would include technology developed by North Korea. "The idea is to offer new and improved Scud Bs that would replace the aging arsenals of Middle East countries, which first procured the missile in the 1970s," an industry source said. "The idea is to keep the price of the missile cheap." That's all they've got to sell. And that's pretty much all the customers they've got... South Korea has confirmed the assertion by the industry sources. The Defense Ministry in Seoul said North Korea has been reproducing Soviet-era Scud B missiles. These missiles have a range of 300 kilometers and a payload of one metric ton. Guaranteed to put the payload in the right county three out of five times, or the next one's free... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Warrantee does not cover cases where the shipment is intercepted by the Spanish navy and redirected to another country at the behest of the belligerent, domineering, …(flipping through old Korean to English dictionary) felonious Imperialist pirates. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-06 01:16:25 |