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[1] -- Rumsfeld: NKorea Not a Military Threat to South [2] -- Rumsfeld Eyes ICBMs in Terror War ---------------------------------------------------------- “北, 남침보다 WMD확산이 더 위협” 럼즈펠드 “한국에 당면한 군사위협 안돼” [2006-08-28 08:41 연합] ▲ 도널드 럼즈펠드 美 국방장관 도널드 럼즈펠드 미국 국방장관은 27일 북한은 가까운 장래에 한국에 대한 군사적 위협보다 다른 나라나 테러범들에게 대량살상무기(WMD)를 확산시키는 존재로서 더 위협이 될 것이라고 말했다. 럼즈펠드 장관은 이날 알래스카에서 세르게이 이바노프 러시아 국방장관과 미.러 국방장관 회담을 갖기 전에 미사일 방어(MD) 시스템 요격미사일이 배치돼 있는 알래스카의 미군기지인 포트 그릴리를 방문한 자리에서 이같이 밝혔다. 럼즈펠드 장관은 "가까운 장래에 북한의 진정한 위협은 한국에 대한 위협보다는 (WMD)확산에 대한 위협이 될 것이라고 생각한다"면서 북한 조종사들의 연간 비행시간이 미군 조종사의 4분의 1도 안되는, 50시간에도 미치지 못하는 등 북한군의 전력이 피폐화된 점과 한국의 군사력이 개선된 점을 언급, "나는 솔직히 북한을 한국에 대한 당면한 군사적 위협으로 보지 않는다"고 말했다. 이어 럼즈펠드 장관은 북한의 미사일 공격 능력이 한국보다 미국에 더 위협이 되느냐라는 질문에 대해선 모르겠다고 답변했다. 미군은 지난 달 4일 북한이 미국 본토를 강타할 수 있는 능력을 갖춘 것으로 추정되는 대포동 2호를 비롯해 미사일 시험발사를 강행하자 알래스카 MD 요격미사일의 실전가동에 들어갔다. 럼즈펠드 장관은 지난 달 북한의 미사일 시험발사는 잠재적인 구매자에게 북한의 미사일 능력을 보여주기 위한 것이었다며 "그들(북한)은 위조한 달러화를 팔고 불법마약을 팔며 미사일 기술을 파는 등 다른 국가나 잠재적인 테러단체들에게도 무엇이든지 다 팔려고 한다"고 주장했다. 이어 럼즈펠드 장관은 미 국방부 미사일방어국장이 지난달 북한이 장거리 미사일 발사를 성공했다면 미군 MD시스템이 이를 요격했을 것이라고 주장한 데 대해 성공을 예단하기 보다 이제 막 배치된 미사일 방어시스템이 제대로 작동하는 지 지켜볼 것이라고 말했다. 미국은 지금까지 MD시스템 개발을 위해 920억달러(한화 92조원)를 투입했고, 지금도 실험을 계속하고 있으며 오는 31일 또한차례 시험발사가 예정돼 있다./연합 --------------------------------------------------------------- 다음은 뉴욕타임스 http://www.nytimes.com 에 있는 기사임. REUTERS 의 기사라고 함. August 27, 2006 [1] -- Rumsfeld: NKorea Not a Military Threat to South By REUTERS FT. GREELY, Alaska (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Sunday said North Korea does not pose a military threat to South Korea, calling Pyongyang more a danger as a proliferator of weapons to other countries and perhaps terrorists. ``I think the real threat that North Korea poses in the immediate future is more one of proliferation than a danger to South Korea,'' he told reporters during a visit to a missile defense installation in Alaska. ``I don't see them, frankly, as an immediate military threat to South Korea,'' Rumsfeld said, noting South Korea's improved military capability as well as what the defense secretary described as a deteriorated condition of North Korea's forces. Asked if North Korea's offensive missile capability is more of a threat to the United States than to South Korea, he said he did not know. Rumsfeld's comments come weeks after North Korea test fired a long-range missile said capable of reaching the United States. That test, part of a series, seemed to fail shortly after launch but prompted the U.S. government to switch its limited missile defense system to operational status. Rumsfeld's visit to Ft. Greely, home to one of America's interceptor installations, was due to be followed by a scheduled meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov. Rumsfeld said he would likely discuss missile defense and Iran with his Russian counterpart, but he would not offer details of the issues on the table. POTENTIAL BUYERS The defense secretary said North Korea tests missiles to demonstrate their capabilities to potential buyers. ``They sell anything to anyone,'' he said. ``They sell our currency that they counterfeit. They're selling illegal drugs. They're selling basic missile technologies. There's not much they have that they wouldn't sell either to another country or possibly to a terrorist network.'' While the head of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency has repeatedly said U.S. defenses could have shot down a North Korean missile, had it launched successfully, Rumsfeld would not make the same assertion. He said he would wait to see the fledgling missile defense system work instead of predicting success. ``I want to see it happen ... a full end-to-end process where we actually put all the pieces together. That just hasn't happened,'' he said. The United States has spent more than $92 billion on its missile defense system. Tests continue, with another expected on Thursday. In that exercise, a missile will launch from Alaska and an interceptor will launch from California to test the ``kill vehicle,'' the barrel-shaped device that destroys an oncoming warhead by colliding with it. One official on the program said a hit was not one of the goals of next week's test. President George W. Bush in 2002 announced the United States would begin operating the initial elements of a missile defense system by the end of 2004 to defend against a limited attack from a country like North Korea or Iran. Since then, U.S. missile defense spending has risen to nearly $10 billion a year, the Pentagon's single biggest annual outlay to develop a weapons system. Intercept-test failures and technical glitches have delayed development, although commanders said it has a rudimentary capability against a limited attack if ground-based interceptors are put on alert. ----------------------------------------------------------- 다음은 뉴욕타임스 http://www.nytimes.com 에 있는 기사임. Reuters의 기사라고 함. [2] -- Rumsfeld Eyes ICBMs in Terror War FAIRBANKS, Alaska (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Sunday warned North Korea may pose a threat as a weapons seller to terrorists and that America would consider taking the nuclear warheads off intercontinental ballistic missiles so they could be used against terrorists. Rumsfeld, in Alaska to visit a missile defense installation weeks after Pyongyang test-fired a long-range missile believed capable of reaching the United States, said North Korea is testing missiles to show the capabilities to potential buyers. ``They sell anything to anyone,'' he said. ``They sell our currency that they counterfeit. They're selling illegal drugs. They're selling basic missile technologies. There's not much they have that they wouldn't sell either to another country or possibly to a terrorist network.'' In fact, Rumsfeld said North Korea is more a danger as a proliferator than a military force to challenge South Korea. ``I think the real threat that North Korea poses in the immediate future is more one of proliferation than a danger to South Korea,'' he told reporters. The defense secretary also met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Sunday to discuss missile defense and cooperation on defense technologies, among other things. Rumsfeld, after that closed-door meeting, said the Pentagon was considering a plan to replace the nuclear warheads on some intercontinental ballistic missiles with conventional weapons, a move that would make the missiles less lethal and therefore more conceivable for politicians to use in preemptive strikes against terrorist groups. The re-tipped missiles would offer the ability to accurately and quickly target such groups as the threat they pose grows due to their acquisition of weapons of mass destruction and other lethal weapons from proliferators, Rumsfeld said. ``We think that it's conceivable that five, 10 years from now there could be a target because of proliferation ... that would be able to be hit or deterred as the case may be by a conventional ICBM,'' Rumsfeld said. Standing next to his Russian counterpart, Rumsfeld said he hoped Russia would consider the same plan. But Ivanov said Russia had concerns and that there may be other solutions for preemptive strikes, such as the use of intermediate-range missiles, now prohibited by a treaty agreement. MISSILE DEFENSE TEST Rumsfeld also toured Fort Greely, home to one of America's missile defense installations, ahead of another test of the system's ability to intercept long-range missiles. While the head of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency has repeatedly said U.S. defenses could have shot down a North Korean missile, had it launched successfully in July, Rumsfeld would not make the same assertion. He said he would wait to see the missile defense system work instead of predicting success. ``I want to see it happen ... a full end-to-end process where we actually put all the pieces together. That just hasn't happened,'' he said. The United States has spent more than $92 billion on its fledgling missile defense system. Tests continue, with another expected on Thursday. President George W. Bush in 2002 announced the United States would begin operating the initial elements of a missile defense system by the end of 2004 to defend against a limited attack from a country like North Korea or Iran. Since then, U.S. missile defense spending has risen to nearly $10 billion a year, the Pentagon's single biggest annual outlay to develop a weapons system. Intercept-test failures and technical glitches have delayed development, although commanders said it has a rudimentary capability against a limited attack if ground-based interceptors are put on alert.