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Weather improving for N. Korea missile test, sources say(weekend special coming?)
CNN ^ | 06/23/06 | Barbara Starr

Posted on 06/23/2006 3:29:56 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Weather improving for N. Korea missile test, sources say Possible U.S. interception plan spelled out From Barbara Starr CNN

Friday, June 23, 2006; Posted: 2:51 p.m. EDT (18:51 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Weather conditions would be favorable for North Korea to test its long-range ballistic missile this weekend, several military sources said Friday.

The sources, who are not authorized to speak publicly, also said U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has signed an order that spells out how the United States would launch an interceptor missile if the North Korean missile appeared to be on a trajectory toward any U.S. territory or interests.

Clouds covered the missile's launch site for much of this week, possibly delaying any launch plans, but the U.S. military sources said clear weather and favorable upper atmospheric conditions were forecast for the weekend. (Watch how U.S. is on guard for a North Korean launch -- 2:02)

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: interception; launch; md; missile; nkorea; northkorea; proliferation; soveryronery
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1 posted on 06/23/2006 3:29:59 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; OahuBreeze; yonif; risk; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 06/23/2006 3:30:38 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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3 posted on 06/23/2006 3:31:23 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: TigerLikesRooster

What to watch for Monday if the Koreans launch Saturday and we shoot it down ~ a phenomenal increase in the market price of companies with SDI related business.


4 posted on 06/23/2006 3:34:03 PM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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To: muawiyah

God help us if it fails....we have to knock it down.


5 posted on 06/23/2006 3:36:54 PM PDT by Dog (149 Democratic Members of the party of Harry Truman Voted Against Victory..)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

So, did our paranoid fearful leader skip town just ahead of the launch?


6 posted on 06/23/2006 3:37:47 PM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: muawiyah
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and S. Korean stock market could crash.

Then I want to be at Inchon Airport, with a machine gun, checking departing S. Korean passengers. If they for voted Roh Moo-hyun, I will send them back and tie them to important military targets as human shields. After all, they are obligated to clean up the mess they created.

I am sure Chia Head would not do anything to kill their erstwhile supporters.:)

7 posted on 06/23/2006 3:39:41 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Well My pucker factor for the weekend just went through the roof.

Apocalypse Cafe anyone? say saturday 1 am eastern, be there or be square.
8 posted on 06/23/2006 3:40:22 PM PDT by usmcobra (A single rogue Marine, yeah that can happen, but a whole Unit, only a liberal would believe that BS)
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To: nuconvert
I gather you are speaking of "Young Leader", right?

He's in Russia today.

9 posted on 06/23/2006 3:41:38 PM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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To: Dog

Kinda wierd, Lil Kim's train leaves the station for parts
unknown at the same time... You don't suppose that thing is
live and targeted at Washington? I mean it would be like
lil kim to leave his people to pay the price of his treachery. All while he reaps the rewards of grateful
communism?


10 posted on 06/23/2006 3:41:44 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: nuconvert
Re #6

Or could be planning to watch the launch from nearby. The launch site is also in the same are where his trains were spotted.

11 posted on 06/23/2006 3:41:47 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

We should target a few missiles on Jong-Mentally-Ill's train as well as the launch pad.


12 posted on 06/23/2006 3:44:22 PM PDT by Argus
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To: TigerLikesRooster
I think they will launch it once they get weather clearance.

It is much too difficult and dangerous to defuel it.
13 posted on 06/23/2006 3:45:10 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: TigerLikesRooster
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has signed an order that spells out how the United States would launch an interceptor missile if the North Korean missile appeared to be on a trajectory toward any U.S. territory or interests.

Translation: "Bring it, B*tch!"

14 posted on 06/23/2006 3:47:18 PM PDT by The Blitherer ("These are not dark days, these are great days." – W. S. Churchill)
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To: Jet Jaguar
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Besides, too much has been invested on producing this missile on the launch pad. It may not be a lot of money for other countries in E. Asia. However, In cash-starved N. Korea's standard, it is literally bleeding their treasury, and starving its people to death.

15 posted on 06/23/2006 3:50:15 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: The Drowning Witch; All
So let's ponder ....

What do other nations (and for that matter, liberals in our own country) that hate us so much now, do, when and if we shoot down their missle with our SDI ?

a) Sit up and recognize who's boss?

b) Condemn the USA for tyring to provoke a war with a helpless enemy.

c) Other (Please expound ..... I'm just curious)

16 posted on 06/23/2006 3:55:56 PM PDT by Jackknife ( "It's not a real party 'til somebody breaks something.")
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To: Jackknife
tyring = trying (rented fingers)
17 posted on 06/23/2006 3:57:29 PM PDT by Jackknife ( "It's not a real party 'til somebody breaks something.")
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Re #16

Condemn U.S. for not paying off Chia Head sooner to head off this crisis.

18 posted on 06/23/2006 3:58:04 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: Dog

I have a bad feeling about this.


19 posted on 06/23/2006 3:59:01 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry (The right wants victory, the left wants surrender. It's that simple.)
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To: tiredoflaundry
I have a bad feeling about this.

I don't know - if the dang missile won't even go through clouds, it can't be that bad.

20 posted on 06/23/2006 4:03:35 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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