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North Korea fuels missile, readies launch, U.S. officials say
cnn ^ | June 18, 2006 | cnn

Posted on 06/18/2006 5:41:43 PM PDT by Flavius

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To: dawn53

Does anyone know how much weight the ND 2 can toss?


21 posted on 06/18/2006 6:02:40 PM PDT by ANGGAPO (LayteGulfBeachClub)
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To: LibWhacker
What do Freepers think the "harsh" American response will be if N. Korea launches it?

A stern diplomatic note.

22 posted on 06/18/2006 6:02:44 PM PDT by Coyoteman (Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death--Heinlein)
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To: Flavius; AmericanInTokyo

There was some conjecture yesterday that fueling had occurred. It was verified on the first thread that AIT started. Not giving you grief, pointing out that cnn is late to the game.


23 posted on 06/18/2006 6:02:53 PM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever (Political troglodyte with a partisan axe to grind)
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To: ARealMothersSonForever

If you think that is bad, you should see what cnn is doing now. I just sampled a bit of it but it seems that they are trying to make the case that 'Bush lied'. Had to turn it off so I may not have gotten the full gist of the report. But any time they have turban Durban talking it can't be the truth.


24 posted on 06/18/2006 6:02:56 PM PDT by casino66
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To: Coyoteman
A stern diplomatic note.

Followed by a harsh glare.

25 posted on 06/18/2006 6:04:53 PM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever (Political troglodyte with a partisan axe to grind)
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To: Flavius
If it's fueled, it's going up

from Global security:"All of these North Korean engines are using highly corrosive and highly toxic so called storable propellants. These engines can only undergo one test firing before they have to be torn down cleaned out and reassembled for further firings, installation on launch vehicles for a flight test, or missile deployment. This is what is done with Titan-4 core stages liquid fuel engines."

26 posted on 06/18/2006 6:06:02 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: don-o
I am pretty sure we can shoot it down. And go ahead and destroy the launch pad,..

And the surrounding area for, oh, say, five or six hundred miles.

I think we need to pick an island off the "Do" boys country, and vaporize it.

Now its there.

Now its not.

Hey, schmuck boy....can you add two and two?

Sit down, grab a coloring book....and STFU.

You ada?

27 posted on 06/18/2006 6:06:16 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
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To: LibWhacker
......a military response would be unwarranted at this point....don't throw military action around like it is a panacea.......the best thing to do would be to have the Japanese go nuclear.....that would piss off the Chinese, Koreans and a whole host of others....I'll bet the Chinese govt would put the clamps down...they don't want a nuclear armed Japan....for sure......
28 posted on 06/18/2006 6:07:14 PM PDT by NorCalRepub
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To: ARealMothersSonForever

no it was not taken as grief

just hard to tell sometimes these guys bounce off same story,

i thought the original stories were about trucks arriving

thought this story was about all of the fueling being completed

no problems


29 posted on 06/18/2006 6:08:12 PM PDT by Flavius (Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: LasVegasMac
Huh?

Hey, schmuck boy....can you add two and two?

Yah -

What your panties in that wad?

30 posted on 06/18/2006 6:09:54 PM PDT by don-o
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To: Flavius

Whether real or a bluff, this is in reaction to the Administration's overture to Iran.

Iran, as far as we know, doesn't have nukes yet, and yet we are bending over to be nice to them.

North Korea wants to be noticed and get in on some of the goodies too. And they are letting us know that they already have nukes.


31 posted on 06/18/2006 6:10:26 PM PDT by Sabramerican (Bandar Bush in 08: Continue the Legacy)
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To: Reaganesque
Why don't we schedule a simultaneous test of our Aegis based anti-ballistic missile defense system and shoot it down?

Such an action would cause a deafining roar of outrage from the left all over the world. NK would instantly become first among the "victim states" whose aspirations are being ground to dust by the evil capitalists of the United States and their monkey slave George Bush. The idea that NK was acting provocatively will be ignored and buried forever. It will never be mentioned again.

32 posted on 06/18/2006 6:11:19 PM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: Sabramerican

exactly

they just want to get paid


33 posted on 06/18/2006 6:12:15 PM PDT by Flavius (Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: LibWhacker
"What do Freepers think the "harsh" American response will be if N. Korea launches it?"

In this day and age, whining loudly to the U.N. is not a harsh response. A harsh response means you whine loudly to the U.N. and then you stamp your foot.

34 posted on 06/18/2006 6:15:38 PM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: Steely Tom

If we use the ABL, an invisible laser, all the North Koreans would know is that their missile blew up. We don't have to take credit for it.


35 posted on 06/18/2006 6:16:22 PM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: Reaganesque
That would be cool.
36 posted on 06/18/2006 6:17:43 PM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: Reaganesque
That would be cool.
37 posted on 06/18/2006 6:17:45 PM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: Flavius

I see you beat me at #12.

It's so obvious...and upsetting that it wasn't anticipated by the Administration, who are acting as Clinton did with North Korea in regarding their current policy with Iran.

I guess the next President will need to deal with the missile test conducted by a nuclear Iran.


38 posted on 06/18/2006 6:18:57 PM PDT by Sabramerican (Bandar Bush in 08: Continue the Legacy)
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To: Flavius

I hope the launch window is within the next 3 hours.... I can't afford to stay up all night again!


39 posted on 06/18/2006 6:19:44 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: NorCalRepub; don-o; Coyoteman
......a military response would be unwarranted at this point....

As in an attack on N. Korean territory, I think you're right about that. Taking a shot at it with Aegis might be justified...

Launching this thing is not an act of war, per se, just awfully close to it and highly provocative. If we've "perfected" the Airborne Laser System, I'd prefer we hold that card close to the chest for now. Encouraging the Japanese to go nuclear gives me the willies.

40 posted on 06/18/2006 6:21:10 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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