I wonder if they could put some strap on boosters on the Taepodong missle to extend the range?
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Posted on 06/18/2006 11:12:39 PM PDT by rhainw
So weather won't cooperate. Kim Jong-il, the living god, had better pray to the bigger god up there.:)
Is there a certain time of day that's best for these kind of launches?
No link yet since it was Drudge's radio show, but Howard Kurtz was the guest and he reports it is under serious consideration for the US ABM shield to try to shoot the NK rocket down. I don't see that actually happening, but for what it's worth.
I wonder if they could put some strap on boosters on the Taepodong missle to extend the range?
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I've not followed this issue very closely of late. Something was posted about the NK raising flags "today:" US Relative Time by my immediate interpretation. Apparently nothing happened today aside from all these articles which were based on prior information. Did I miss something?
Thanks and goodnight.
Using electronic warfare to jam the guidance system would be helpful. Just turn the missile back on North Korea.
Either the Reuters writer is a poor writer or North Korea has a missle that can do tricks. If part of the missile flew over Japan, what was the rest of it doing?
We ought to use it as a test target for one of our new interceptors.
Be worth it just to watch em blow a gasket over it.
Fall in the ocean before getting to Japan, maybe?
What do you suppose happened to the rest them, the parts that didn't land on the moon?
He's a poor writer, but he's technically correct if it's a multistage missile. Parts of the missile separate (and tumble down to earth or parachute back, depending on design or intent) as their fuel is expended, and the next stage fires up - just like the old Saturn rockets we used to launch the moon missions. It's done to reduce the dead weight as the fuel burns off, allowing for greater range/altitude.
The Taepo-dong 2 is a two or three stage missile, depending on what variant they're using. If it's a three stager, it's likely based on and roughly equivalent to the Soviet SS5. This is also the basis of the Shahab-5 and Shahab-6 of Iran.
The Taepo-dong 1 is also or two or three stage missile, again depending on what version they're using. The 2 stager is roughly equivalent to the Soviet SS-4. The three stager is the basis for the Iranian Shahab-4.
I doubt it'll happen either, but boy, would I love it if it did.
If the little fat boy hired a Jihadist from a local mosk to do the wiring, it'll blow up on the launch pad.
Is this a Russian or a Chinese design?
That was not Howard Kurtz, the media analyst. It was Bill Goertz of the Washington Times, a very tapped in security analyst.
Good opportunity to test our ballistic missile defense systems.
Hence, it was Bill Clinton and the democrats who fully armed North Korea with nuclear bombs.
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