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		</div><p>North Korea has again failed in its attempt to launch a powerful missile said to have the potential to reach US military bases in Asia and the Pacific, it is reported.</p>
<p>Today&#8217;s attempt would be the latest in a string of high-profile failures that tempers recent worries that Pyongyang was pushing quickly towards its goal of a nuclear-tipped missile that can reach America&#8217;s mainland.</p>
<p>South Korea&#8217;s Yonhap news agency said in an unsourced report that the missile was a powerful mid-range Musudan, which, if true, would make it the fourth failure by the North to conduct a successful test launch of the new missile, which could potentially reach far-away American bases in Asia and the Pacific.</p>
<p>Yonhap, citing an unidentified government source, said the missile exploded at a mobile launch pad as soon as a launch button was pressed.</p>
<p>The report, if confirmed, suggests the missile may have even failed to lift off.</p>
<p>The agency did not say how its source obtained the information.</p>
<p>The South&#8217;s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North attempted to launch an unidentified missile early in the morning from the Wonsan area, but probably failed.</p>
<p>The military is analysing what happened.</p>
<p>Despite recent failures, there has been growing outside worry over North Korea&#8217;s nuclear and missile activity this year, which includes a nuclear test in January and a long-range rocket test in February that outsiders see as a test of banned long-range missile technology.</p>
<p>The most recent launch follows Seoul&#8217;s rejection of recent Pyongyang overtures to talk, part of what some analysts see as an attempt by the North to win concessions from its rivals.</p>
<p>In April, North Korea attempted unsuccessfully to launch three suspected powerful intermediate-range Musudan missiles, which all exploded in mid-air or crashed, according to South Korean defence officials.</p>
<p>South Korean officials believe the missile launches follow an order from the country&#8217;s leader Kim Jong Un in March to conduct tests of a nuclear warhead and ballistic missiles capable of carrying such warheads.</p>
<p>That order was thought to be part of Pyongyang&#8217;s reaction to annual South Korea-US military drills that it sees as an invasion rehearsal.</p>
<p>Musudan missiles have a potential range of about 3,500 kilometers (2,180 miles), which would put US military bases in Guam within their striking distance. South Korea believes the North does not yet possess a missile capable of hitting the US mainland, but is working on the technology.</p>
<p>Before April&#8217;s suspected launches, North Korea had never flight-tested a Musudan missile, though one was displayed during a military parade in 2010 in Pyongyang.</p>
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