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S. Korea to have longer-range missiles under US pact

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South Korean mock missiles are silhouetted at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. South Korea said the U.S. has agreed to allow it to develop longer-range missiles that could strike all of North Korea.

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South Korea will be able to possess longer-range missiles capable of hitting all of North Korea under a new agreement with the United States that is likely to draw an angry response from the North. Under a previous 2001 accord with Washington, South Korea had been barred from deploying ballistic missiles with a range of more than 186 miles and a payload of more than 1,100 pounds because of concerns about a regional arms race.