North Korean Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States

Abstract

This report reviews North Korea's ballistic missile program. On July 4-5, 2006, North Korea test-launched seven ballistic missiles, including a new Taepo Dong 2 that failed soon after launch. Apparently successful shorter-range missile tests at the time included some combination of SCUDs and No Dongs. In October 2006, North Korea conducted an underground low-yield nuclear test and said it would deploy nuclear weapons on its ballistic missiles, although there is no evidence they are doing so. The Administration will ask the 110th Congress to fund a National Missile Defense (NMD) site in Europe, which some analysts argue is needed because of the threat of North Korean ballistic missiles to Europe. This report will be updated as events warrant. Additional information is provided by CRS Report RL33590, North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program, by Larry A. Niksch.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 03, 2007
Accession Number
ADA466581

Entities

People

  • Steven A. Hildreth

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Military Facilities
  • Nato
  • North Korea
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Payload
  • Reentry Vehicles
  • Sea Based
  • United States
  • United States Northern Command
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Seismology