1. A group of 20 junior enlisted airmen assigned to missile security forces also scored 4.4.

2. He did not comment on what might have caused the missile to fail.

3. The official said the missile came from an area under rebel control.

4. The team also appealed for information from witnesses who may have seen the missile launch.

5. The field used to be the site of the missile warehouse.

6. Pyongyang may launch a missile at some point in the next seven days.

7. The rebels deny that they shot it down with a missile by mistake.

8. It said the missile appears to have exploded within seconds of launch.

9. It is strongly suspected that a Russian missile system was used to down the jet.

10. The same ministry said on Saturday that Pyongyang had carried out three missile tests.

11. It is intended to protect South Korea from a potential North Korean missile strike.

12. That ban likely would have covered some of the missile fired this week.

13. The official said that neither missile got near the ship.

14. It is not just a missile that North Korea would need, our correspondent adds.

15. He did not give further details, including the distance of the flight and where the missile landed.