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Two rounds of '''North Korean missile tests''' were conducted on [[July 5]], [[2006]]. The [[North Korea|Democratic People's Republic of Korea]] (DPRK or North Korea) reportedly fired at least seven separate missiles.<ref name="DOD">{{cite news|url=http://www.northcom.mil/newsroom/news_release/2006/070506.htm|publisher=United States Department of Defense|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=U.S. Northern Command confirms 7th missile launch by DPRK}}</ref> These included two short-range [[Nodong-2]] [[missile]]s, one [[Scud]] missile and up to two long-range [[Taepodong-2]] missiles;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/05/wkorea05.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/07/05/ixnews.html|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=North Korea sparks crisis by launching seven missiles}}</ref> the latter having been estimated by [[United States]] intelligence agencies as having a potential range reaching as far as [[Alaska]] in its current stage.<ref name="FAS"> {{cite news|url=http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=ma03staff|publisher=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists|date=March/April 2003|title=How Terrible the Taepo?}}</ref> Some, including [[Australia]]n Foreign Minister [[Alexander Downer]], believed that North Korea would carry out additional missile tests in the days that followed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19690891-401,00.html|publisher=News.com.au|date=[[2006-07-04]]|title=Korea fires seventh missile}}</ref>
North Korea made its first public acknowledgement of the tests on [[July 6]], through its foreign ministry, describing them as "successful" and part of "regular military drills to strengthen self-defense," insisting that it had the legal right to do so. The country warned of "stronger physical actions" if it were put under pressure by the international community.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5152918.stm|title=N Korea vows more missile tests|date=[[6 July]] [[2006]]}}</ref> On July 8, [[CNN]] reported that the U.S. had deployed the [[USS Mustin (DDG-89)|USS ''Mustin'']], a [[guided missile destroyer]], to the [[Japan]]ese port of [[Yokosuka]], home of the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy's]] [[United States Seventh Fleet|Seventh Fleet]]. A spokeswoman said that the deployment was not related to the test-firings, and it had been previously planned.
==Overview==
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[[Image:NorthKoreanMissileImpactSite.png|thumb|left|Probable location of missile impact (blue shaded region)]]
The missiles were launched from the [[Musudan-ri]] Missile Test Facility, and all of the missiles reportedly landed in the Sea of Japan (500–600 kilometers west of the northern Japanese island of [[Hokkaidō]]), in international waters about 100 kilometers south of the [[Russia]]n cities of [[Vladivostok]] and [[Nakhodka]].<ref name="Sun-where"> [http://sun-bin.blogspot.com/2006/07/where-did-north-korea-missiles-land.html Where did the North Korea missiles land?]</ref> It was also reported that two missiles landed in Russian territorial waters.<ref name="LAtimes">{{cite news|url= http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fg-alaska7jul07,0,5738411.story?coll=la-home-headlines|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=[[2006-07-07]]|title= With Few N. Korea Facts, a Rumor Got Launched}}</ref> Only the Taepodong-2 was launched from [[Musudan-ri]]. The Scuds and Nodongs were launched from Gitdaeryung, Anbyun, and [[Kangwon-do]].<ref name="Sun-where"> [http://sun-bin.blogspot.com/2006/07/where-did-north-korea-missiles-land.html Where did the North Korea missiles land?]</ref> (Also spelled as Kitdaeryung, as in the table of launch in next section)
The [[United States State Department]] has said that the Taepodong-2 missile failed in mid-air after about 42 seconds of flight<ref name="Reuters-council">{{cite news|url=http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-05T143843Z_01_L04656181_RTRUKOC_0_UK-KOREA-NORTH-MISSILE.xml&pageNumber=3&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage3|publisher=Reuters UK|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=Security Council meets on North Korea missile test}}</ref> and probably continued for 2 minutes in total.
The first missile was launched Wednesday, [[July 5]] at 03:33 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] (= [[July 4]] 18:33 [[UTC]]) and the next two at 04:04 and 05:01 local time, respectively. The first launches came minutes before the successful [[STS-121|launch]] of [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] in [[Florida]] ([[July 4]], 14:37 EDT = 18:37 UTC). Some have speculated that the medium-range missile tests were used as decoys to divert attention from the Taepodong-2 missile.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/missiles-for-beginners/2006/07/05/1151778991373.html|publisher=Theage.com.au|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=Missiles for beginners}}</ref> The range of the missile was often estimated to be 6000 km, capable of reaching as far as Alaska. However, analysts in South Korea often put the range at no more than 2,400 miles (or less than 4000 km), which, as far as U.S. interests are concerned, means the missile could reach Guam or possibly the sparsely inhabited western tip of the Aleutian Islands<ref>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fg-alaska7jul07,0,5738411.story?page=2&coll=la-home-headlines</ref>.
East Asian stock markets were shaken by the launches, with investors expressing concerns that moves like this could lead to a future conflict in the Southeast and East Asian areas. Crude oil prices have also risen since the missile tests.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060705/3/2mqqm.html|publisher=Yahoo Asia|date=[[2006-07-07]]|title=Emerging Asia FX-Weaker on North Korea missile news}}</ref>
Many experts believe that the timing, which was in the very early hours of July 5th in Korea, but midday of July 4th in the United States when space shuttle Discovery was about to lift off, was deliberate to get attention from the United States, and possibly an attempt for one on one talks rather than the six party talks regarding North Korea's nuclear capabilities. <ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f44b88fa-f975-11da-8ced-0000779e2340.html '''Financial Times''' - US fears North Korea missile test]</ref>
==Details==
The table below shows the time for all the seven missiles launched. Of particular interest is the 4th launch, a Taepodong-2 rocket. Reports that the missile flew for only 42 seconds were contradicted by a confidential report by South Korea's [[National Intelligence Service (South Korea)|National Intelligence Service]]. They contended, according to a ''[[Chosun-Ilbo]]'' article published July 6, that instead the missile flew for seven minutes before veering from its trajectory.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200607/200607060027.html|publisher=Chosun-Ilbo|date=[[2006-07-06]]|title=N.Korea May Try Launching Another Long-Range Missile}}</ref>. However, DoD officials indicated that the stable missile boost phase of 42 seconds and the subsequent tumbling out of control to impact into the Sea of Japan was only airborne for close to two minutes.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! # !! Launch time<br/>(5 July, Korean local time = [[UTC+9]] h) !! Launch site !! Type !! Impact time (in minutes) !! Impact site
|-
| 1 || 03:23/03:33<br/>(= [[July 4]] 18:33 [[UTC]]) || Kittaeryong || Scud-C || || East Sea
|-
| 2 || 04:04 || Kittaeryong || Nodong-A || || East Sea
|-
| 3 || 04:59 || Kittaeryong || Scud-C or Nodong-A || 07:17 || East Sea
|-
| 4 || 05:01 || Taepodong/Musudan-ri<br/>({{coor d|40.8471|N|129.6285|E|}}) || Taepodong-2 || Failed after<br/>42 seconds || East Sea
|-
| 5 || 07:12 || Kittaeryong || Nodong-A || 07:36 || East Sea
|-
| 6<sup>1</sup> || 08:20 || Kittaeryong || Scud-C/Nodong-A || || East Sea
|-
| 7 || 08:22 || Kittaeryong || Nodong or Scud || 17:28 || East Sea
|}
<small><sup>1</sup> Reports of the 6th missile are disputed. Source: [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060704-1.html White House Press Briefing] (missiles 1-6) and [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060706a1.html Japanese Defense Agency] and [http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/dprk/2006/060710-nkir2627.htm GlobalSecurity.org report]</small>
<small><sup>2</sup> [[Russia]] claims that North Korea launched 10 missiles.<ref name="Reuters-council">{{cite news|url=http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-05T143843Z_01_L04656181_RTRUKOC_0_UK-KOREA-NORTH-MISSILE.xml|publisher=Reuters|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=Security Council meets on North Korea missile test}}</ref></small>
===Possibility of further launches===
It has been reported that North Korea plans to test further missiles<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13704198/ U.S. official dismisses N. Korea missile threat] </ref>. On [[July 6]], according to ''[[Yonhap News]]'', South Korean defense minister [[Yoon Kwang-ung]] said South Korean intelligence suggests more missiles may be fired<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20060706/430100000020060706114721E2.html|publisher=Yonhap News|date=2006-07-06|title=Defense chief sees possibility of more N. Korean missile launches}}</ref>, and on [[July 7]], the ''[[Mainichi Daily News]]'' reported Japanese and U.S. officials believe a second Taepodong-2 has been delivered to the launch site.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/archive/news/2006/07/07/20060707p2a00m0na015000c.html|publisher=Mainichi Daily News|date=2006-07-07|title=North Korea's firing of Taepodong-2 missile ended in failure}}</ref> Although Kwang-ung said intelligence presumes a second Taepondong-2 had been transported to the launch pad before the first one was fired, he denied North Korea was going to test a second one. He stated South Korean intelligence still needs to confirm that the missile is still there.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13743714/|publisher=MSNBC|date=2006-07-07|title=2nd long-range missile at N. Korea launch site?}}</ref> In addition, Japanese officials say North Korea would not launch another Taepodong because of trouble with the missile's booster. The ''[[Chosun Ilbo]]'' had reported a South Korean government official said a second missile is believed to be stored at Taepo-dong, [[North Hamgyong]] Province in an assembly building. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20060707/410100000020060707163336E3.html|publisher=Yonhap News|date=2006-07-07|title=Defense min. denies reports N. Korea is about to test another Taepodong}}</ref> The American television network [[NBC]] had also reported a second Taepodong missile is in the final stages of assembly.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200607061101.htm|publisher=Press Trust of India|date=2006-07-07|title=N Korea preparing for another missile launch: report}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200607/200607060027.html|publisher=Chosun-Ilbo|date=2006-07-06|title=N.Korea May Try Launching Another Long-Range Missile}}</ref>
According to the Japanese newspaper ''[[Sankei Shimbun]]'', given the trajectory and angle, the target for the Taepodong 2 missile may have been the waters around [[Hawaii]].<ref> [http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-07-07T053653Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-258540-1.xml N. Korea missile aimed at area off Hawaii - report]</ref>. However, the ''Sankei'' report is disputed by many, and the Japanese Defense Agency refused to confirm. Pentagon officials said Thursday that the brief flight of the Taepodong-2 missile made it difficult to collect useful technical data, including its intended target, its payload and whether it was a two-stage or three-stage missile. Some U.S. officials were even leaning toward the theory that it was configured as a space launch to deliver a satellite into orbit, rather than as a flight test of a ballistic missile <ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/07/06/report_n_korea_missile_aimed_at_hawaii/ Report: N. Korea missile aimed at Hawaii - Boston.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. The Economist believes that the launch was used to prove to other countries, potential buyers of the missile (i.e. [[Iran]]), that the technology works <ref>http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=E1_STQTNVG Economist article</ref>. This is just like the [[North Korean missile test, 1993|1993 missile launch]] which was used to sell Iran missiles.
The Taepodong-2 missile was first reported by Japan to have travelled 500–640 km from its launch site, Musudan-ri. However, this has been disputed first on July 7 by bloggers <ref>[http://sun-bin.blogspot.com/2006/07/where-did-taepodong-2-land-ii.html Sun Bin: Where did Taepodong-2 land? (ii)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and later on July 10 by security experts<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/dprk/2006/060710-nkir2627.htm May, June, July 2006 Build-up to the Taep’o-dong-2C/3 Satellite Launch Attempt<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, using simple physics calculation. They estimated that the most likely outcome is that it fell 1.4 km from the launch pad and attained a maximum altitude of 4.4 km<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/dprk/2006/060710-nkir2627.htm May, June, July 2006 Build-up to the Taep’o-dong-2C/3 Satellite Launch Attempt<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, and that "almost certainly" it was a satellite launch at an inclination of 41 degrees or perhaps a three stage booster dummy warhead launch to impact down range in the south Pacific relative to South America. This has later been confirmed by US DoD and Japan's Defense Agency on July 30 <ref>[http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-30T021338Z_01_T205874_RTRUKOC_0_UK-KOREA-NORTH-MISSILE.xml]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref><ref>http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20060730TDY01005.htm</ref>. The range is revised to be about 1.5 km from the launch site in North Korean waters.
[[FOX News]] and several major South Korean newspapers have reported three to five missiles are currently on the launchpad, though none are Taepodong missiles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202274,00.html|publisher=FOX News|date=2006-07-05|title=North Korea Has Three to Five More Missiles on Launch Pads}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060707/3/2mvly.html|publisher=Associated Press|date=2006-07-06|title= S.Korea media: More N. Korea rockets ready}}</ref> When queried by ''[[Reuters]]'', a U.S. intelligence official confirmed that a second Taepodong-2 is not on the launchpad.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060707/3/2mvly.html|publisher=Reuters|date=2006-07-08|title= U.S. official: N.Korean Taepodong-2 not on launchpad}}</ref> North Korea has barred people from sailing into some areas off the coast until [[July 11]], [[2006]]. Some believe this is a sign of preparations for additional launches<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060706/ap_on_re_as/nkorea_missiles_ready</ref>.
On [[July 20]], [[2006]] US officials reported that one or more Iranian officials may have been present at the missile launch.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10705390/|publisher:MSNBC.com|title=U.S.: Iranians witnessed N. Korea missile tests|date=2006-07-20}}</ref>
==Background==
:''See also [[U.S.-North Korea relations]], [[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction]], [[Valiant Shield]]''
[[North Korea]] conducted its first [[nuclear weapon]]s test in 2006, and is widely believed to have a substantial arsenal of [[chemical weapon]]s, deliverable by [[artillery]] against [[South Korea]]. North Korea withdrew from the [[Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]] in 2003. Recently during "[[Six-party talks]]" North Korea agreed in principle to end its nuclear weapons program as part of a comprehensive package of measures to normalize relationships. [[Diplomacy|Diplomatic]] efforts at resolving the North Korean situation are complicated by the different goals and interests of the nations of the region. While none of the parties desires a North Korea with nuclear weapons, [[Japan]] and [[South Korea]] are very concerned about North Korean counterstrikes in case of military action against North Korea. [[China]] and [[South Korea]] are also very worried about the economic and social consequences should this situation cause the DPRK government to collapse.
* On [[January 10]], [[2003]], North Korea withdrew from the [[Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]].
* In late January 2003, [[Japan Defense Agency]] Director [[Shigeru Ishiba]] told reporters that if North Korea "begins preparations to attack [[Japan]], for instance by fueling its missiles, we will consider the DPRK is initiating a military attack" and pre-emptively strike missile bases in DPRK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB367.pdf|title=Paths Diverging? The next decade in the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance|author=William E. Rapp|last=Rapp|first=William|year=2004|month=January|format=PDF|publisher=The Strategic Studies Institute}}</ref>
* On [[April 24]], [[2003]], the [[United States]], [[China]], and [[North Korea]] met in [[Beijing]] for trilateral discussions. The United States threatened [[International sanctions|sanction]]s against North Korea, which North Korea has said would constitute a "[[declaration of war]]".
* On [[May 12]], [[2003]], North Korea declared the 1992 accord with its southern neighbour nullified, which agreed to keep the Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons, citing U.S. hostility as a threat to its sovereignty. South Korea considers the accord in effect.
* On [[August 28]], [[2003]], North Korea announced at six-nation talks in [[Beijing]] that it was prepared to "declare itself formally as a nuclear weapons state", and claimed to have the means to deliver nuclear weapons. The North Korean delegation also says the country will soon be carrying out a [[nuclear test]] to demonstrate its nuclear capability.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1414553|title=N. Korea Threatens Nuclear Bomb Test|author=Mike Shuster |last=Shuster|first=Mike|date=2003-08-28|work=NPR.org|format=HTML|accessdate=2006-07-08}}</ref>
* DPRK announced on [[February 10]], [[2005]] that it had developed [[nuclear weapon]]s for its self-defense, and suspended participation in the Six-party talks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/jan-june05/nuclear_2-10.html|title=WEAPONS AND WORDS|author=Ray Suarez|last=Suarez|first=Ray|date=2005-02-10|work=PBS.org|format=HTML|accessdate=2006-07-08}}</ref>
*On [[September 19]], [[2005]], [[Six-party talks]] resulted in an agreement where North Korea agreed to abandon its nuclear weapons program for economic cooperation and assistance, repeating its right to "peaceful uses of nuclear energy", while the U.S. recognized North Korea's sovereignty and stated that it had no intention to attack. The provision of a nuclear light-water reactor would be discussed at "an appropriate time"; the U.S. and North Korea immediately disagreed on when that should be.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/korea.north.text/index.html|title=Text of N. Korea talks agreement|date=2005-09-19|work=Cnn.com|format=HTML|accessdate=2006-07-08}}</ref>
* On [[January 17]], [[2006]], [[Iran]] tested a North Korean designed [[Nodong-B]] missile.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/dprk/2006/060705-nkir2623.htm May, June, July 2006 Build-up to the Taep’o-dong-2C/3 Satellite Launch Attempt<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* In April 2006, North Korea offered to resume talks if the US releases recently frozen North Korean financial assets held in a bank in [[Macau]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4905308.stm|title=N Korea offers nuclear talks deal|date=2006-04-13|work=bbc.co.uk|format=HTML|accessdate=2006-07-08}}</ref> The funds were acquired through the sale of drugs and counterfeit U.S. currency. <ref>http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=E1_STQTNVG Economist</ref>
*In mid-June 2006, North Korea began fueling some of the [[Taepodong-2]] missiles that it possesses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/19/nkorea.missile/index.html|title=Nations press North Korea on missile|year=2006|month=June|date=19|work=Cnn.com|format=HTML|accessdate=2006-07-08}}</ref>
* On [[June 14]], [[2006]], the [[US Air Force]] conducts a successful unarmed test launch of its [[Minuteman III]] intercontinental ballistic missile from [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]] to the [[Marshall Islands]], flying approximately 7,700 kilometers in about 30 minutes.<ref>[http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123021769 Minuteman III launch successful], ''Airforce Link'', accessed July 8, 2006.</ref>
*[[June 23]], [[2006]] — the US and Japan signed an agreement to jointly produce [[anti-ballistic missile]] (ABM) technology and operate surveillance and tracking operations to gather critical data in the case that the DPRK conducted a ballistic missile test. The US agreed to send several batteries of [[MIM-104 Patriot|Patriot]] PAC-3 missiles to protect Okinawa. [http://www.strategypage.com/onpoint/articles/200675115554.asp]
* [[June 30]], [[2006]] — Bush and Japanese Prime Minister [[Junichiro Koizumi]] visit [[Graceland]] after two days of political talks aimed at cementing relations between Japan and the US.
* [[July 4]], [[2006]] — [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] mission [[STS-121]] launches, in what some North Korea watchers say is no [[coincidence]]. [http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200607/200607050024.html]. The United States also celebrates its [[Independence Day (United States)|230th birthday]].
[[Valiant Shield]] was a large [[Military exercise|war game]] conducted by the [[United States military]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]] in June 2006. The exercise began on [[19 June]] [[2006]] and lasted for five days, concluding on [[24 June]] [[2006]]. According to the Navy, Valiant Shield focused on cooperation between military branches and on the detection, tracking, and engagement of units at sea, in the air, and on land in response to a wide range of missions.<ref name="navy1">{{cite web |url=http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=24224 | title= Valiant Shield Provides Valuable Joint Training Among U.S. Military Forces |work=Navy Newstand |date=2006-06-20 |accessdate=2006|06-24}}</ref> The exercise involved 22,000 personnel, 280 aircraft, and thirty ships, including the [[supercarriers]] [[USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)|USS ''Kitty Hawk'']], [[USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)|USS ''Abraham Lincoln'']], and [[USS Ronald Reagan|USS ''Ronald Reagan'']]. It was the largest military exercise to be conducted by the United States in Pacific waters since the [[Vietnam War]]. The exercise marked the first of what will become biennial exercises involving different branches of the U.S. military.
Observers from the Chinese [[People's Liberation Army Navy]] were invited to attend, as were naval officers from [[Military of Singapore|Singapore]], [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|Japan]], [[Military of Australia|Australia]], [[Military of South Korea|South Korea]], [[Military of Russia|Russia]], [[Military of Indonesia|Indonesia]], and [[Military of Malaysia|Malaysia]]. It was the first time observers from China had ever been sent to observe U.S. war games.<ref name="CNN01">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/20/guam.wargames.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest |title= U.S. begins massive war games in Pacific |work=CNN.com |format=HTML |accessdate=2006-06-20}}</ref> The PRC sent a ten-person delegation, including one high-ranking officer each from its navy, army, and air force, as well as officials from its foreign ministry.<ref name="China">{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/20/AR2006062000114.html |title=Chinese Observers Watch U.S. Wargames |work=washingtonpost.com |accessdate=2006-06-27}}</ref> According to ''[[USA Today]]'', Chinese military observers said that observing the exercises gave them a better understanding of U.S. weapons and tactics. [[Rear Admiral]] Zhang Leiyu, leader of the delegation, called the visit to the war games near Guam "a positive step in China–U.S. military ties".
Military ties between the United States and China have not been close ever since a [[communism|communist]] government came to power in China. Admiral [[William J. Fallon]], the top U.S. commander in the Pacific, said it was "a start" that China accepted his invitation to observe the large-scale exercises.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=116&sid=819748 | title=Commander says Chinese military more open |work=WTOPnews.com |date=[[2006-06-13]] |accessdate=2006-06-20}}</ref> Fallon indicated before the exercises began that he expected China to reciprocate. However, neither Zhang, nor the [[Xinhua News Agency|Xinhua News]] report, gave any indication that such an invitation was forthcoming.<ref name="USA2">{{cite news | url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-06-22-china-wargames_x.htm?csp=34 |title=China pleased after watching U.S. wargames |work=USAToday.com |date=2006-06-22 |accessdate=2006-06-24}}</ref>
The exercise had implications for other world events as well, including acting as a show of force to possibly deter [[Military of North Korea|North Korea]] from test-firing its new [[Taepodong-2]] missile. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1885100.php| title=Valiant Shield: a display of strength and numbers|work=Marine Corps Times |date=[[2006-06-21]] |accessdate=2006-06-21}}</ref>
The North Korean missile test came after weeks of speculation that North Korea was poised to launch a missile, but neither their quantity nor their launch site were definitively anticipated. The U.S., Japan, and others warned North Korea prior to the incident that such a test would be construed by those nations as a provocative act. North Korea responded to such words by threatening an "annihilating" nuclear strike if the United States attacks or any other nation preemptively tried to destroy the missile before or after it launched.
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201956,00.html|publisher=Fox News|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=U.N. Security Council Meets After North Korea Launches 7th Missile}}</ref>
The [[United States Northern Command]], [[NORAD]] and the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] had, in previous days, placed restrictions on commercial and civil flight operations in the areas surrounding [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]], [[California]], and [[Fort Greely|Fort Greely, Alaska]], homes of U.S. Interceptor missiles.
<ref name="CNN-longtest">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/04/korea.missile/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=U.S. officials: North Korea tests long-range missile}}</ref>
==International Response==
The test came on the heels of the [[Six-party talks]] between [[North Korea]], [[China]], [[Japan]], [[Russia]], [[South Korea]] and the [[United States]]. Asian stocks and currencies slid along with European and United States stocks, while gold, silver, and oil rose amid news of the North Korean missiles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aCgelZIgkagI&refer=|publisher=Bloomberg.com|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=Asian Stocks, Currencies Slide on North Korean Missile Launches}}</ref>
No country proposed military action in response to the test fire. All calls for action have been diplomatic or economic.
===Members of the six-party talks===
====China====
On [[July 5]], [[2006]], the Foreign Ministry of China expressed concern over the North Korean missile tests. Foreign Ministry spokesperson [[Liu Jianchao]] repeated calls for calm and restraint from "all parties involved". He pleaded for all sides to refrain from any actions that will further complicate the situation in the Korean Peninsula.
<ref>{{zh icon}}{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2006-07/05/content_4798560.htm|publisher=China View (in Chinese)|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title= 外交部发言人就朝鲜试射导弹事发表谈话(图) }}</ref>
In New York, the Chinese ambassador to the UN said North Korea's missile tests were "regrettable".
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/world/asia/05cnd-missile.html?ex=1152244800&en=a2d979a2d23224a0&ei=5087%0A|publisher=NYT|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title= Bush Urges North Korea to Drop Missile Program }}</ref>
====Japan====
Prime Minister [[Junichiro Koizumi]] was notified of the firings on July 5 at 3:52 a.m., local time. Top Japanese officials, including Chief Cabinet Secretary [[Shinzo Abe]] and Defense Agency chief [[Fukushiro Nukaga]], each were notified at about the same time. By 4:50 a.m. they had met at the prime minister's official residence to discuss a Japanese response. Junichiro Koizumi entered his office at 6:30 A.M., and U.S. ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer arrived twenty minutes later for discussions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/archive/news/2006/07/05/20060705p2a00m0na012000c.html|publisher=Mainichi Daily News|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title= Tension grows in Japan over N. Korea's launch of 6 missiles}}</ref>
Meanwhile, Japanese foreign minister [[Taro Aso]] held a phone conversation with his American counterpart, [[Condoleezza Rice]], in which they agreed to take up the matter with the [[UN Security Council]]. Abe also later announced that Japan would bring the launch issue before the UN Security Council,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/04/nkorea.reax/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title= Japan to take N. Korea launches to U.N.}}</ref>, and it was agreed an emergency session would be held at 1400 GMT.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/archive/news/2006/07/05/20060705p2a00m0na019000c.html|publisher=Mainichi Daily News|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title= UN Security Council to hold emergency session on North Korea}}</ref>
A few hours following the missile launches, Japan began economic sanctions of North Korea by banning the entry of North Korean officials, ship crews, chartered flights and the only direct passenger link between the two countries, the ferry [[Mangyongbong-92]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/n-korea-missile-launch-alarm/2006/07/05/1151778972562.html|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=[[2006-07-04]]|title=Seventh missile launched: report}}</ref> Japan's agriculture minister, [[Shoichi Nakagawa]], announced that Japan would not provide food aid to North Korea, and that agricultural trade restrictions between the two countries would be considered. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060707p2a00m0na025000c.html|publisher=Mainichi Daily News|date=[[2006-07-07]]|title= Japan agriculture minister says no food aid to North Korea}}</ref>
All [[Japan Self-Defense Forces|Japanese Self-Defense Force]] branches were set on higher alert.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/217281/1/.html|publisher= Channel News Asia|date=[[2006-07-08]]|title=Japan puts troops on higher alert after NKorean missiles tests}}</ref>
Shinzo Abe and Taro Aso subsequently talked about Japan's option on attacking bases in foreign soil in public, which were reported as plans for 'pre-emptive' strike and quickly denounced by South Korea and China as being belligerent<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aLi_vFpbtydI&refer=japan Bloomberg.com: Japan<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://english.people.com.cn/200607/14/eng20060714_283108.html People's Daily Online - Japanese overreaction multi-purposed<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.
====Russia====
According to [[Russia]]'s [[Foreign Ministry]] official representative [[Mikhail Kaminin]], the test-launch is "an act of provocation" which will impede the [[Six-party talks]] and further "complicate situation around [[North Korea]]n nuclear program". [sic] <ref>{{ru icon}}{{cite news|url=http://www.interfax.ru/r/B/themearchive/317.html?menu=1&id_issue=11547144|publisher=Interfax |date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=МИД РФ назвал провокацией запуск ракет Пхеньяном}}</ref>
However, President Putin has been quoted as saying that, while he was disappointed by the test firings, the North Koreans were right in their assertion that they had the legal right to perform such tests.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/07/world/asia/07korea.html|title=North Korea Rejects Protests on Missile Firings}}</ref>
====South Korea====
Unification Minister Lee Jong-Seok convened an emergency meeting to determine the objective of the missile launch, which is expected to prompt the U.S. and its allies to take punitive actions such as harsher economic sanctions against North Korea, ministry officials said.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20060705/630000000020060705085315E6.html|publisher=Yonhap news|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=Unification Ministry scurrying to determine N.K. intentions}}</ref> However, on July 17, 2006, Chosunilbo reported that unless further tests are conducted, government is not planning any measures as all of its economic support are within the sanction passed by U.N.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://japanese.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/07/17/20060717000014.html|publisher=Chosunilbo news|date=[[2006-07-17]]|title=South Korea, No Change in Economic Cooperation for Now}}</ref>
Small groups of South Korean citizens set fire to North Korean flags and a picture of North Korean leader [[Kim Jong-il]]. <ref>[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[World News Tonight]], broadcast 6 July 2005</ref>
====United States====
[[George W. Bush|President Bush]] was briefed on the activity around 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC). He spoke in the Oval Office on the tests on [[July 5]], [[2006]] and stated that the tests only "isolated Korea". <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.voanews.com/burmese/2006-06-22-voa1.cfm|publisher=VOA News|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=Bush Says Missile Test Would Further Isolate North Korea}}</ref>
Bush has said that America would continue to encourage six-party talks, rather than be drawn into one-on-one negotiations with North Korea. <ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1680459.htm The World Today - US pushes for sanctions against North Korea<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
[[Christopher R. Hill|Christopher Hill]], the [[Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs]], is set to head to the region on Wednesday, [[July 5]], [[2006]]. National Security Adviser [[Stephen Hadley]] described the tests as "provocative behavior". George Bush met Stephen Hadley, defense secretary [[Donald Rumsfeld]], and Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]] as the tests were going on. <ref name="CNN-longtest">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/04/korea.missile/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=U.S. officials: North Korea tests long-range missile}}</ref> Condoleezza Rice had spoken via phone with four of her counterparts in the six-party talks, including Taro Aso, as mentioned earlier. Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley later met South Korea's national security advisor to discuss the launch. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/05/korea.missile.us/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title= Key U.N. members weigh NK sanction}}</ref>
[[North American Aerospace Defense Command|NORAD]] was put on heightened alert in the past two weeks and the U.S. [[Missile Defense Agency]] told CNN that two missiles for interception of ballistic missiles were activated in California prior to North Korea's launch.
===Other UN Security Council members===
====UN Security Council====
The [[United Nations Security Council|U.N. Security Council]] scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday, [[July 5]], [[2006]]
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202094,00.html|publisher=Fox News|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=U.N. Security Council Meets After North Korea Launches 7th Missile}}</ref>. The council members agreed that they should do something about the missile test and that they should meet again later to discuss the possibility of issuing a Council resolution<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=19107&Cr=dprk&Cr1=|publisher=UN News Centre|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=UN Council Members agree swift action needed after Korean missile launch}}</ref>.
Japan, with the support of the United States and the United Kingdom, introduced a measure that would have restricted countries from transferring funds, material, or technology to North Korea. Russia and China, with veto power, resisted the resolution, saying a press statement should be issued.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2158157&page=1|publisher=ABC News Centre|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=China, Russia Resist North Korea Sanctions}}</ref>. In an informal media conference, Russian UN ambassador [[Vitaly I. Churkin]] stated that, rather than sanctions, it may be more appropriate for the President of the United Nations Security Council to issue a condemning statement similar to what was done after the North Korean missile firing in 1998. <ref>{{cite video | people=Vitaly I. Churkin (speaker) | year=2006 | title=[http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/sc/so060705am4.rm UN Newscast] | medium=Video | location=U.N. Headquarters in New York | publisher=United Nations}}</ref>
====Argentina====
[[Argentina]]'s foreign ministry issued a communique expressing its "serious concern over the missile test launches" and urging the North Korean state to "renew diplomatic dialogue and return to the [[nuclear non-proliferation treaty]]."
The Argentine ambassador to the UN, and its representative in the [[UN Security Council]], [[César Mayoral]], considered that the missile tests are "threatening world peace and security". The Argentine government has expressed, however, its reluctance to the possibility of imposing economic sanctions, emphasizing instead its desire to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telam.com.ar/index.php/diario/noticias/internacionales/2006/07/06/el_gobierno_expreso_preocupacion_por_los_ensayos_misiliticos_de_corea_del_norte/(seccion)/internacionales|publisher=Télam|date=[[2006-07-06]]|title=Government Expresses Concern over N.Korean Missile Tests}}</ref>
====United Kingdom and the European Union====
The [[UK]] branded North Korea's actions "irresponsible". [[Foreign Secretary]] [[Margaret Beckett]] said: "These tests are provocative, and only serve to raise tensions in the region."
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5149774.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title= UK condemns North Korea missiles}}</ref>
The current EU president, Finland, condemned the 'provocative' missile test. According to it the test places additional strains on the regional stability 'at a time when the unresolved nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula requires mutual confidence building'.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=B1DQAA1RVMIGACRBAEKSFFA?type=worldNews&storyID=1302704|publisher=
Reuters|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=EU strongly condemns N.Korea missile tests}}</ref>
===Others===
====Australia====
[[Australia]]'s [[Prime Minister]] [[John Howard]] called the test "extremely provocative" and also stated "I hope that what North Korea has done is condemned as provocative not only by Australia and Japan but also by other countries in the [[Six-party talks|six-power group]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/04/australia.missile.ap/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=[[2006-07-04]]|title= Australia calls for condemnation of missile launches}}</ref>
[[Foreign Minister]] [[Alexander Downer]] expressed his displeasure to the North Korean Ambassador to Australia, Chon Jae Hong.<ref name="news.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21498,19691907-5005361,00.html|publisher=News.com.au|date=[[2006-07-04]]|title=Australia cancels N Korea visit}}</ref> Australia cancelled a planned diplomatic visit to North Korea amid the news.<ref name="news.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21498,19691907-5005361,00.html|publisher=News.com.au|date=[[2006-07-04]]|title=Australia cancels N Korea visit}}</ref>
====Canada====
[[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Foreign Affairs]] Minister [[Peter MacKay]] added [[Canada]]'s voice to the world condemnation on Wednesday, calling the launches a "major threat" to stability in the region that undermine efforts to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
MacKay chided Pyongyang for its use of [[brinkmanship]] in dealing with the international community.
"Canada believes that such tactics are counterproductive and ultimately destined to fail," he said in a news release posted on the Foreign Affairs Department's website. "Such actions can only diminish North Korea's security, not enhance it."
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/07/05/north-korea.html|publisher=CBC News|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title= Canada condemns North Korea missiles}}</ref>
====Czech Republic====
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its "deep concern" over the tests, describing them as a "serious threat to the international community." It called on North Korea to return to the six-party Talks. [http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/mzv/default.asp?id=40692&ido=6569&idj=2&amb=1]
====Hungary====
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary issued this statement on 5 July 2006:
Hungary definitely condemns the missile experiments carried out by the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea on the 4th of July. In our view, this step gravely endangers the stability and the security of the region. We find it an especially unfortunate development that the experiment was carried out in spite of the repeated warning of the international community. North Korea’s step jeopardises the renewal of the six-nation talks set up to solve the North Korean nuclear question.
Hungary finds it necessary for the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea to terminate its activity aimed at the development of long-range missiles, to respect the self-imposed moratorium on missile experiments and to return to the six-nation talks as a constructive partner as soon as possible. [http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kum/en/bal/actualities/spokesman_statements/060705_north_korean.htm]
====Malaysia====
Malaysian Foreign Minister [[Syed Hamid Albar]] expressed his country's "deep concern" over the tests and urged all parties to show restraint and resume negotiations. [http://www.kln.gov.my/?m_id=15&hid=213]
====New Zealand====
[[New Zealand Prime Minister]] [[Helen Clark]] urged the [[United Nations]] to bring its full weight to bear on North Korea after it announced it had conducted the underground nuclear test. Clark condemned the test, Clark also said "it will back whatever measures the [[U.N. Security Council]] decides on".
[[Winston Peters]], the Foreign Minister of New Zealand, condemned North Korea's missile tests on behalf of his government, describing them as showing "wanton disregard" for the warnings issued beforehand by the international community. He expressed his hope that North Korea would "step back now from taking any more rash steps" and resume negotiations. [http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=26373]
====Norway====
Foreign Minister [[Jonas Gahr Støre]] condemned the tests as "highly regrettable" and stated his belief that they further escalate regional tension. He affirmed that Norway continues, "to be deeply worried over North Korea's nuclear weapons programme." [http://www.odin.dep.no/ud/english/news/news/032171-070831/dok-bn.html]
====Philippines====
President [[Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]] condemned the tests, saying that the "world has had enough of weapons of mass destruction.", urging the reclusive state to resume six-party talks at once.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=8416|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=[[2006-07-07]]|title=Arroyo condemns North Korea missile tests}}</ref>
In addition, Philippine military and defense officials have said a potential North Korean missile attack against Philippine soil cannot be intercepted, calling for the swift modernization of the Philippine military.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=8486|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=[[2006-07-07]]|title=RP helpless against missile attack}}</ref>
====Singapore====
Singaporean representatives, through the foreign ministry, sharply rebuked North Korean officials for launching the missiles, calling it a "provocative move". It warned that any future moves similar to what happened a few days ago will only lead to trouble in the Asian region instead of stability and called on [[Kim Jong-il]] to return to six-party talks at once.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/217323/1/.html|date=[[2006-07-08]]|title=Singapore 'deeply regrets' North Korea's missile launch}}</ref>
====Sweden====
Minister of Foreign Affairs [[Jan Eliasson]] articulated the regret of the Swedish government and noted that the DPRK ambassador in Stockholm had been summoned to the Foreign Ministry to hear Sweden's "concern over the missile tests and the risk of a nuclear arms race in East Asia."[http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/6669/a/66890;jsessionid=adGeGXtIdED_]
====Thailand====
[[Thailand]]'s Foreign Minister [[Kantathi Suphamongkhon]] expressed concern Wednesday over North Korea's long-range missile test, warning the move will lead to regional distrust and threaten world peace, and he plans to raise the issue with his US counterpart early next week. Mr Kantathi urged the communist country to return to the six-party talks. Thailand has been playing an informal role in the talk to push for the progress of the negotiations among the principal parties — North Korea, South Korea, Japan, China, Russia and the United States.
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=107184|publisher=Bangkok Post|date=[[2006-07-05]]|title=Thailand concerned at North Korea missile tests}}</ref>
== See also ==
{{wikinews|North Korea test-fires missiles}}
{{commons|North Korean missile test, 2006}}
* [[North Korean missile tests|Timeline of North Korean missile tests]]
* [[1998 North Korean missile test]] — (August 31, 1998) — [[Taepodong-1]]
* [[1993 North Korean missile test]] — (May 29/30, 1993) — [[Nodong-1]]
* [http://sun-bin.blogspot.com/2006/07/where-did-north-korea-missiles-land.html Locations of July 5 missile tests]
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fg-alaska7jul07,0,5738411.story?coll=la-home-headlines |publisher= Los Angeles Times|date=[[2006-07-07]]|title=
With Few N. Korea Facts, a Rumor Got Launched|first=Barbara|last=Demick}}
* {{cite news|url=http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-04T234544Z_01_N04284348_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH-MISSILE.xml |publisher=Reuters|date=[[2006-07-04]]|title=North Korea launches missiles, US hold UN talks|first=George|last=Nishiyama}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/04/korea.missile/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=[[2006-07-04]]|title= U.S. officials: North Korea tests long-range missile}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/04/world/asia/04cnd-korea.html?hp&ex=1152072000&en=e557624b9a51b686&ei=5094&partner=homepage|publisher=[[NY Times]]|date=[[2006-07-04]]|title=North Korea Test-Fires Several Missiles}}
* {{cite news|url=http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=257434 |publisher=Kyodo News|date=[[2006-07-04]]|title=N. Korea fires missiles into Sea of Japan: Japan gov't sources}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4024305.html|publisher=Associated Press via Houston Chronicle|title=Defiant N. Korea Fires Series of Missiles|date=[[2006-07-04]]|first=Eric|last=Talmadge}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.telam.com.ar/index.php/diario/noticias/internacionales/2006/07/06/el_gobierno_expreso_preocupacion_por_los_ensayos_misiliticos_de_corea_del_norte/(seccion)/internacionales|publisher=Télam|date=[[2006-07-06]]|title=Government Expresses Concern over N.Korean Missile Tests}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HG06Dg02.html|publisher=Asia Times|date=[[2006-07-06]]|title=N Korea's missiles met by Japanese sanctions}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.vrtnieuws.net/nieuwsnet_master/versie2/nieuws/details/060705KoreaDeGucht/index.shtml|date=[[2006-07-05]]| title=Respecteer de internationale afspraken | publisher=Dutch newspaper article}}
* [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4024427.html Chronology of North Korea Missile Program]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/dprk/2006/060710-nkir2627.htm GlobalSecurity.org Report on North Korea Missile/Rocket Tests, CP Vick]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/dprk/2006/060710-nkir2627.htm GlobalSecurity.org Report on North Korea Missile/Rocket Tests, CP Vick]
* [http://msl1.mit.edu/ESD10/block4/4.5_NMD_01a.pdf MIT Policy and Technology lecture on missile defense] and [http://sun-bin.blogspot.com/2006/08/calculating-taepodong-2s-range.html how to apply it to estimate the range of the North Korea rocket launch]
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