11.10.2004, 08:50
Zitat:Danger of North Korea missile launch fading (11/10/2004)Quelle : AFP ( 11.10.04 )
TOKYO, (AFP) The possibility of North Korea launching a ballistic missile has diminished as activities at missile bases in the Stalinist state were returning to normal, a Japanese press report says.
As a result, the Japanese destroyer Kongo equipped with an Aegis missile tracking system has been ordered home from the Sea of Japan (East Sea) facing the Korean peninsula, the major daily Yomiuri said, quoting Japanese Defence Agency sources.
North Korean military activities stepped up in early September, including vehicular movement in and around ballistic missile sites, alerting the United States and its Asian allies against a possible missile launch.
"The series of the military activities seem to have just been exercises by North Korean forces," Yomiuri quoted a government source as saying. "Though the activities have not ceased completely, 70 percent of the forces have returned to normal operations."...