Just another chia pet ronery moment.
In a perfect world, Comrade Chia Pet would have shot down one of North Korea's few airliners on it's final approach to Kim il Sung/Potemkin International Airport in Pyongyang.
Civilized nations follow the requirements to file a Notice to Airmen regarding such tests. As you said, not so with Chia Pet.
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Or incapability...
It does represent a growing threat, and it's way past time to face North Korea down over this matter.
SDI is an admirable goal. I support it. It's still better to make sure small despotic nations like North Korea or Iran don't have missile or nuke technology.
Russia thought terrorism wasn't so bad as long as it was related to Israel. Then Chechnia and Beslan opened their eyes.
China is one day going to pay for it's standing by, or even aiding North Korea on the sly. One way or another, it's going to pay.
If it nailed the aircraft, the South Koreans would really be doing some major league tap-dancing to justify it.
"...Seems that most militaries would know the locations of aircraft before launching anything..."
NOTAMS (Notices to Airmen) are information and data which may affect a pilot's decision to enter or use areas of foreign or international airspace.
So, in essence all commercial aircraft pilots are notified of such events and to be aware of the area of hostility or danger.
When you consider that the flight path originates at the airport of departure and continues until the plane lands at its destination, you realize the hype being done here.
It's like saying a bullet was fired across the highway I am traversing between NYC and LA. Oh, my.