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North Korea 'completely irresponsible', 'dangerous': Rice
Washington (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called North Korea Friday "a completely irresponsible state and dangerous" for its July 5 missile tests. "When you look at them testing missiles, not telling anybody they're firing them in all different directions, and they're saying that they have a nuclear weapons capability ... that they could make those together is very dangerous," Rice told a group of Asian journalists. Rice stressed that last week's UN Security Council resolution criticizing Pyongyang's test launches shows "that this is a problem that North Korea has with the entire international community." She added that she would be happy to attend a meeting of the six parties trying to resolve the North Korean nuclear problem if it is organized during the Association of South East Asia Nations Regional Forum next week in Kuala Lumpur. Rice confirmed she would attend the meeting following her trip to the Middle East to try to help find a framework for peace in the embattled region. Host Malaysia had earlier warned that Rice, who skipped the meeting last year, would send a negative message with another no-show. She told the Asian reporters the United States had three aims for the ASEAN meeting: to deepen relations between the United States and the 10-member group; to talk about cooperation on terrorism and weapons proliferation, and especially North Korea; and to discuss the Middle East conflict, particularly with countries that are taking a strong interest in it like Malaysia and Indonesia. Rice also said the she and US President George W. Bush were looking forward to visiting Vietnam later this year on the back of rapidly improving bilateral relations. "It's in many ways a quite remarkable story how our relations are evolving," she said. "The Vietnamese people are known for their tremendous industry ... they're very hardworking and entrepreneurial." Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
Rocket Technology Testing Reaches 100-Percent Operation
Edwards AFB CA (AFNS) Jul 21, 2006America's only staged combustion liquid booster rocket engine now in development marked an important milestone July 12 at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. The engine reached steady-state 100-percent operation, demonstrating mainstage performance for the first time. |
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