North Korea No-Dong Missile Extends Range to 1,500 Km

Move that Could Benefit Middle East Clients

June 9, 2004
M.E. Newsline

LONDON [MENL] -- North Korea has extended the range of its No-Dong missile in a move that could benefit Pyongyang's clients in the Middle East.

The No-Dong intermediate-range missiles was said to have been extended over the last year in a North Korean research and development effort, Asian intelligence sources said. They said North Korea appeared to have employed advanced technology to reduce the weight of the warheads to extend the range of the No-Dong.

North Korea's No-Dong was believed to have a range of 1,200 to 1,500 kilometers. But the only test of the No-Dong was in 1991 and the missile was said to have reached a range of 565 kilometers.

U.S. officials said North Korea was certain to offer for export its improved No-Dong. They said the most interested clients would be Iran and Syria.

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