[JZelle]

Now that's wild!

[Armedanddangerous]

And it was just the thing that came to mind when I heard about the missile exploding shortly after launch.

[theDentist]

... or perhaps one of those laser systems... :-)

[Brilliant]

This ought to be good enough to get a few North Korean rocket scientists executed.

[The G Man]

[keat]

A .50-caliber sniper rifle. Let's hope OBL becomes the first human target. Now that will leave a mark.

[RKV]

You guys ever been around a launch pad and seen the security there? I have. I am sure the Norks would have the place buttoned up. This sounds pretty unlikely to me. Debka grade speculation. Inserting and extracting a shooter (team?) into Norkland would not be easy. Not to mention this kind of speculation is what feeds the gun grabbers here in the US who want to make the .50 illegal.

[Rummyfan]

Sounds like a job for Bob Lee Swagger......

[Moose4]

Well, that's what the Barrett was built for...as much for disabling light vehicles and machinery as for people. I mean, c'mon, a high-velocity .50 BMG round is a bit much to use on a person.

Really really fun, granted, but still a bit much.

}:-)4

[maine-iac7]

I hope this is NOT true - as one of my grandson's is airborne SOF - and the disclosure of this puts an additional target on his back.

If this IS true = then WT is competing with the NYSlimes for the top prize for Treason...

[TexanToTheCore]

This is sooooo unlikely..... There are much easier weapons to field that would disable a rocket. This is a ridiculous scenario.

[null and void]

ping

[Tannerone]

Oh thank you so much for the info Waste Pro. I could not have survived today , tomorrow or the future without knowing this info. Ditto same on call and bank monitoring. Really, Had I not known about all this info my life would have ended and I would not have been writing this post.

However, as a terrorist or foreign agent the info was invaluable and I am sending the fist six heads I cut off to you attention and for thanks.

[John Semmens]

North Korea Thwarts US Attack

The government of Kim Jong-Il announced that America's attempted July 4 attack on his country was thwarted when "the supreme mental energy of Kim caused all of the American rockets to explode just hundreds of feet in the
air over their launching pads in cities all across the United States."

The statement went on to say that "as a show of mercy, Kim's psychic powers also caused all of the Nodong and Scud missiles in North Korea's planned retaliatory strike to crash harmlessly into the sea, sparing the Americans
from their justly deserved punishment."

The statement concluded that "Kim's power, wisdom and mercy are unbounded, marking him as the progenitor of a new race of superhumans."

read more...

http://www.azconservative.org/Semmens1.htm

[Al Gator]

I think this is just so much fart gas by some gun grabber.

.50 cal has max range of about 1.5 to 2 miles, tops, on a good day, with the wind.

Put a pin in Ils launch pad and draw a 3 mile circle around it. (I'm giving and extra mile for the doubters.)

One thing the nokreeks do well, very well, is they guard things.

Now how in hell is even a really good squad gonna get close enough?

OOOHHHH I know! They were circling around in a 747 and shot through an open window!! Damn, forgot about that tactic!!

[wolfcreek]

Using the Shuttle as an example of how little things can cause big problems.

[The Great RJ]

While this scenario is possible, I wouldn't take much credence in it. Given that N. Korea is a police state where anything and everything is dutifully reported to the police by the populous to the point of paranoia, getting a saboteur both in and out of N. Korea undetected is unlikely.

More likely a technical failure was the problem. After all the missile sat fueled on the launch pad for close to a week ...something that invites trouble with liquid fueled missiles.