U.S. sources: Signs of North Korea mobile ballistic missile launch

CNN ^ | April 12, 2016 | Barbara Starr

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U.S. sources: Signs of North Korea mobile ballistic missile launch

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent

Updated 1807 GMT (0107 HKT) April 12, 2016

CNN) — U.S. intelligence satellites have spotted signs that North Korea may be preparing for an unprecedented launch of a mobile ballistic missile which could potentially hit portions of the U.S., CNN has learned.

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Two U.S. officials told CNN that if the regime proceeds with a launch, the latest assessments are the most likely scenario is the launch of the so-called Musudan missile, which the U.S. believes could potentially hit Guam and perhaps Shemya Island in the outer reaches of Alaska's Aleutian chain.

However, officials are strongly saying there are two other scenarios that are possible: North Korea could launch either its Kn-08 or Kn-14 mobile ballistic missiles which would have a longer range and could potentially hit the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The Kn-14 is thought to be a more precise version of the Kn-08, and it is believed the regime showed it for the first time at a military parade in 2015, officials say.

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[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[SpinnerWebb]

What's the problem? We'll just absorb it and move on.

[jneesy]

for a country that doesnt have 2 pennies to rub together they seem to do alot of this

[ColdOne]

***shaking head jpg***

[2001convSVT]

They will make a small fortune selling it to rouge nations like Iran and Syria.

[MeganC]

Why won’t the US just shoot it down?

Oh, wait, that’s right: That traitor Obama was ‘flexible’ and he sold us out on missile defense right when we need it the most.

[MeganC]

Iran and Syria are red?

[TexasCajun]

Thanks to Jimmy Carter, N.Korea has nukes.

Thanks to Barack Obama, Iran will shortly.

That's Democrat Appeasement for ya.

[Little Pig]

Is this the “live” version of the apparently-fake rocket they paraded through their Capital a couple of years ago on a borrowed Chinese launch vehicle?

[TMSuchman]

There was a Col. who defected from NK & he stated that they were about to mount a miniaturized nuke device on it & try for a long range space shot.

[MplsSteve]

A purely tongue in cheek comment...

Would it be the worst thing in the world if a Nork nuke missile hit the Pacific Northwest? There’s a strong chance it may strike Seattle or Portland.

Would losing either of these two bastions of far-left madness be a bad thing?

Again, just being tongue in cheek here...

[tet68]

So, if they launched it from a freighter in mid-Pacific
they could hit DC.?

It probably wouldn’t get that far but with this
feckless administration...

[TigerLikesRooster]

That is probably the case.

[Red Badger]

Let them shoot as many as they want into the sea till they don’t have any more...............

[Carriage Hill]

It'd be an animated *.GIF, instead of a *.jpg:

***shaking head.GIF***

[TMSuchman]

All he would have to do is detonate it at 200-300 miles AGL [above ground level] and we go back in time to the early 1800’s in under a minute. and 90% + of our population would be dead within 1 year.

[ColdOne]

;)

[2001convSVT]

LOL

[edh]

You need a LOT more yield than a mini-nuke to generate enough EMP to shut it all down.