Posted on 07/28/2017 6:31:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The U.S. Department of Defense says the missile, which launched just before midnight local time, traveled roughly 620 miles — from the country's northern province of Jagang to the Sea of Japan, where it finally splashed into the waters off Japan's west coast.
There have been no immediate reports of damage, and Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis says the North American Aerospace Defense Command "determined the missile launch from North Korea did not pose a threat to North America."
In response to the launch, the Pentagon announced that it had conducted a precision missile firing exercise with South Korea.
President Trump released a statement calling the launch "only the latest reckless and dangerous action by the North Korean regime."
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"It does appear that at a minimum this missile may go up to 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles), but it may go as far as 11,000 kilometers (6,800 miles)," Melissa Hanham, senior research associate with the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute, tells NPR's Robert Siegel.
"And that puts all of the West Coast and the Midwest in range at 10,000 kilometers," Hanham adds, "and at 11,000 kilometers, pretty much every U.S. state but Florida is in range."
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North Korea is "the single most dangerous threat facing the international community right now," Gen. Mark Milley, the chief of staff of the U.S. Army, told the National Press Club on Thursday. "It is clear, based on [the ICBM launch] over the July 4 weekend, that North Korea has advanced significantly and quicker than many had expected."
He added that North Korea's military threat is "the one thing I'm worried about."
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First Strike. No more threat.
Unfortunately only a matter of time for Korean War II
I’m sure NPR is rejoicing, America deserves to get hit with a Nuke because....Trump!
How is it that these Korean bottle rockets are ICBMs?
Wouldn’t they need to travel to another continent to be “intercontinental”?
Tick tock its coming.
Tick tock its coming.
Thank you Harry Truman, for firing one of the greatest Generals in US history, which would have not only unified Korea, but would have turned China into a peaceful republic as well.
They launch them on a nearly vertical trajectory to test the range vs a more horizontal course which may draw return fire.
Our return fire wouldn’t be inert test rounds, but most likely the contents of a boomer sub.
fat man trolling us
and the way to get rid of trolls ?
ignore them
See the winding bands?
Filament wrapping is stronger and MUCH lighter than conventional paneling. As a result, a much greater total % of the missile weight can be devoted to fuel, resulting in much greater range.
A key measure of missile tech is if the maker can master this production technique.
Until very recently this filament wrapping was considered beyond DPRK capabilities.
The missile only went 620 miles, without a payload It will be a while before the Norks have a missile that can go 6200 miles with a payload.
Why the Chicken Little hype?!?
If they can get to a certain orbital height, they’re considered ICBMs because that automatically gives them a certain potential range. It’s like with your car - if your car has a certain unrefueled range, it’s technically an interstate transport vehicle even if all you do is drive around your town.
It’s only trolling if the troll doesn’t have the capacity to actually harm you.
Fat boy now has an actual, working ICBM class missile. Even a dirty bomb payload on one would be hideously dangerous.
I look at “Dougout Doug” as just that. A general holed up in confusion and maybe more.
The distance it went downrange (620 miles) is a lot less important than the altitude it went to. The Japanese are saying it hit 3000km altitude.
The International Space Station orbits, repeat *orbits* at just 330-430km. If you can achieve orbital insertion, you can bring down your warheads anywhere on the planet. If not, you can trade altitude for distance, which is where the 10-11K km number is coming from.
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