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SKOREA-NKOREA-MISSILE-SATELLITE

This handout photo received from the South Korea Defence Ministry on December 23, 2012 shows Seoul officials examining an oxidizer container recovered from the first-stage splashdown site of North Korea’s long-range rocket launched on December 12. The South’s defence ministry, based on the analysis of the container, estimated the launch amounted to the test of a ballistic missile capable of carrying a half-tonne payload over 10,000 kilometres. AFP PHOTO / DEFENCE MINISTRY —- EDITORS NOTE —- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / DEFENCE MINISTRY” NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Jeffrey Lewis

Writing on ACW 2004–2026

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis is the founding publisher of Arms Control Wonk.com. He is the Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. His also a non-resident affiliate at Stanford's Center for Security and International Cooperation and a Contributing Editor to Survival.

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