This article is about the missile test on July 5, 2006. For other North Korean missile tests, see List of North Korean missile tests.
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Two rounds of North Korean missile tests were conducted on July 5, 2006. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) reportedly fired at least seven separate missiles.[1] These included one long-range Taepodong-2 missile and short-range Scud derived missiles including the enlarged Nodong missile. The Taepodong-2 was estimated by United States intelligence agencies as having a potential range reaching as far as Alaska, although this missile failed after about 42 seconds of flight.[2]
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.[3] On July 8, CNN reported that the U.S. had deployed the USS Mustin, a guided missile destroyer, to the Japanese port of Yokosuka, home of the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet. A spokeswoman said that the deployment was not related to the test-firings, and it had been previously planned.
^"U.S. Northern Command confirms 7th missile launch by DPRK". United States Department of Defense. July 5, 2006. Archived from the original on October 22, 2006. Retrieved July 8, 2006.
^"How Terrible the Taepo? (within "North Korea: Less than meets the eye")". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. March–April 2003. Retrieved March 18, 2009.. Accessed July 31, 2009. Archived August 5, 2009.
^"N Korea vows more missile tests". BBC. July 6, 2006. Retrieved July 9, 2006.
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