Korean, US Web sites hit by suspected cyber attack
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 08. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press
July 8, 2009
Suspected cyber attacks paralyzed Web sites of major South Korean government agencies, banks and Internet sites in a barrage that appeared linked to similar attacks in the U.S., South Korean officials said Wednesday.
The sites of 11 organizations including the presidential Blue House, the Defense Ministry, the National Assembly, Shinhan Bank, Korea [...]
Defense For a Real Threat
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 06. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
Trey Obering and Eric Edelman
The Washington Post
July 6, 2009
The East-West Institute released a study in late May by U.S. and Russian “experts” on the Iranian missile threat that concluded the threat “is not imminent and that in any event the system currently proposed would not be effective against it.” The next day, Defense Secretary [...]
North Korea boasts of military strength
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 05. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
AFP
Sydney Morning Herald
July 5, 2009
North Korea has hailed the prowess of its military after it test-fired a salvo of seven ballistic missiles in a show of strength that earned international criticism and talk of further isolation.
In a commentary, the ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Sunday praised Pyongyang’s “army-first policy” which gave North Korea the [...]
U.S. ‘ready’ for N. Korean missile
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 03. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
Bill Gertz
The Washington Times
July 3, 2009
U.S. missile defenses are prepared to try to knock down the last stage of a Taepodong-2 missile that North Korea is expected soon to launch if sensors detect the weapon threatens U.S. territory, the commander of the U.S. Northern Command told The Washington Times.
“The nation has a very, very credible [...]
North Korea may fire more missiles
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 02. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
Jack Kim
Reuters
July 2, 2009
North Korea may test mid-range missiles or fire more short-range missiles to step up saber rattling that has raised regional tension, a South Korean daily said on Friday.
The North fired four short-range missiles on Thursday, which follows a rocket launch in April that boosted its long-range missile capability and a nuclear test [...]
North Korean Rocket Capable Of Hitting Half The U.S: Scientists
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 01. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
Malaysian National News Agency
BERNAMA
July 1, 2009
The long-range North Korean rocket, which was launched in April, could be converted into a ballistic missile, that can theoretically hit half the United States with a payload of 1 tonne or more, two U.S. physicists have concluded from their joint study.
Quoting MIT professor Theodore Postol and a physicist at [...]