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To: SE Mom
What is known at this moment (mid morning US East Coast time Sunday):

The rocket on the pad in Musudan-ri, Hwadae County, North Korea is a Taepodong-2.

It has a heighth of 35 meters. At the highest diameter (lower stage booster rocket), it is 2.2 meters in width.

It therefore has a capacity neary 40% MORE than the Taepodong which was launched from there, right smack over Japan, in 1998. This is known from shadow interpretaton from satellite photos taken of the missile just recently by private firms.

1,192 posted on 06/18/2006 6:31:05 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (A few clever bones tossed on gay unions, flag burning & Iraq still don't absolve GWB over BORDERS)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
Tried to Google Earth that location - no luck. Anyone?

Gotta run for church - bbl

1,199 posted on 06/18/2006 6:41:50 AM PDT by don-o
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