Posted on 04/15/2017 8:05:23 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A North Korean missile “blew up almost immediately” on its test launch on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Command said, hours before U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was due in South Korea for talks on the North’s increasingly defiant arms program.
The failed launch from North Korea’s east coast, ignoring admonitions from major ally China, came a day after North Korea held a military parade in its capital, marking the birth anniversary of the state founder, in which what appeared to be new long-range ballistic missiles were on display.
South Korea said the combined show of force “threatened the whole world”.
Pence is due in Seoul at the start of a 10-day trip to Asia in what his aides said was a sign of the U.S. commitment to its ally in the face of the rising tension. …
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They sure do blow up good, don’t they?
According to the “experts” on Judge Jeanine’s show we have maybe one year before the Norks will have the capability to deliver nukes on a long range missile. We cannot kick the can down the road anymore.
Blowed up real good.
Heads will roll.
They’re the best blowing up things I’ve ever seen blow up. Makes me wonder if these North Korean morons are sending up missiles or bottle rockets.
How do you know we didn’t have something to do with the failure?
Are you willing to take the chance.
It’s taken as gospel around here that Iran is six minutes away from having nukes.
#### em. Knock em out before they ever get the capacity.
I’ll bet the crew that prepared the missile for launch blew up too! Literally.
I rarely complain about re-posts, but this is getting ridiculous. There must be ten posts already on this story.
After all that build up, how’d you like to be the chief engineer on that launch? Yikes!!
Was Big Jim McBob present?
Now there will be more pressure for Kim to fire up his nuke that is waiting in the tunnel to save face....
Yes, in fact, this “failed test” could even be a diversion to gain more time.
Sorry, but didn’t see it on either the internal search or external ones before I posted.
I pity the person who has to explain that failure to Kim.
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