[garbageseeker]

Like to read your thoughts.

[don-o]

Great - now three threads in Breaking News

[Museum Twenty]

I have thought for a while that NK's missile test was designed to impress Iran rather than frighten civilized nations.

Iran, flush with cash, appears to need a delivery system for their weapons. NK, among the world's poorest nations, would have no problem selling this technology.

[RandyGH]

Kim Jong-Il: Cruisin' for a bruisin'.

[markedmannerf]

A look at North Korea's missile arsenal TAEPODONG-2: Said to be North Korea's most advanced missile, with a range of up to 9,320 miles. Experts estimate it could potentially hit the mainland United States with a small payload. However, the missile is unlikely to be accurate. • TAEPODONG-1: North Korea is believed to have test-launched this long-range missile in August 1998. The second stage landed off Japan's eastern coast. The missile has an estimated range of up to 1,800 miles. • NODONG: As many as 200 Nodong missiles are in North Korea's arsenal. With a range of about 620 miles, Japan is their most likely target. The missiles can be fired from mobile launchers. • SCUD: North Korea reportedly has more than 600 Scud-type missiles that are relatively short-range and would potentially target South Korea. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060704/ap_on_re_as/nkorea_missiles_glance

[AdvisorB]

The "dear leader" is insane. He killed his father, the "great leader" according to some knowledgeable "korean hands." Now, this dirtbag wants to destroy the US. After settling the family business with Iran, we must turn our attention to this north korean nutcase.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Apparenlty the missle failed. So sorry, Kim.

[markedmannerf]

North Korea test fires at least two missiles, possibly three WASHINGTON - North Korea has test fired at least two missiles and possibly a third, a Pentagon official said Tuesday, as US media reported that one of them was a long-range Taepodong 2 capable of reaching US territory. The North Korean military first fired two Scud-type short-range missiles that landed in the Sea of Japane, said a Pentagon official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The official also said that "there was a third launch", adding that "we are looking into this." "We have no immediate comment, but obviously we are aware of what's going on," said a White House official, who asked not to be named. Meanwhile CNN television, citing unnamed senior State Department sources, reported that North Korea had launched at least three missiles early Wednesday -- one of them the long-range Taepodong-2 missile. One source said it appeared the Taepodong-2 test failed in midair, the network said. http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=131918

[markedmannerf]

Looks like we may have been aware that this test was going to happen.

US boosts alert status around Cheyenne Mountain WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Air Force facility protecting the nerve center of U.S. homeland defense at Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, has been put on heightened alert, the military said on Tuesday, amid persistent reports that North Korea may be set to test-fire a long-range missile. ADVERTISEMENT The commander of U.S. Northern Command ordered the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, which rings the bunkered operations center, to take "necessary security precautions commensurate with its missions," said Michael Kucharek, a spokesman for the U.S. Northern Command. U.S. officials have led a global chorus of concern that North Korea may soon test a missile capable of reaching Alaska. It would be the North's first missile firing in eight years. On Monday, Pyongyang vowed to respond with an "annihilating " nuclear strike if attacked preemptively by the United States. A U.S. official familiar with the matter said the United States had been observing a second North Korean missile, possibly a shorter-range, SCUD-type.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060704/ts_nm/korea_north_usa_dc

[garbageseeker]

I would like to invite you to discuss the technical aspects of today's launch

[steve-b]

The various varieties of Fuk Yoo missile (even the one that failed) have succeeded at their true objective (conveying the message that Lil' Kim isn't interested in listening to reason).