Posted on 03/31/2009 6:57:55 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
As expected (and they do tend to shoot off their mouths a lot with threats and big talk), North Korea delivered "the threat" tonight in an official statement out of their Korean Central News Agency (link to the original Japanese language report). North Korea is threatening Japan with military action if Japan takes down their Taepodong-2 (which they refer to as a "satellite") from the skies this week.
Conservative Japanese daily Sankei (online) reports from Japan (in Japanese) a little while ago:
HERE If above link does not work.
While there is a threat of internal terrorism, the Japanese have never integrated Korean immigrants or their descendents, and keep pretty good files on them, especially the ones from North Korea. They wouldn't be averse to rounding them up if anything started even if that meant having to close down a majority of the pachinko parlors.
It's been awhile, but I wonder if Japan really has the hardware to do much to NK if the balloon goes up.
Not really up on there Japanese military capability, but if someone is, could you enlighten me?
Thanks,
AR
I was thinking the same thing. Fry all the electrical components right on the launch pad. Wouldnt THAT be funny.
Just asking, don't know much about orbital mechanics.
BTTT
Da johnson has no surrounding company.
OH OH NOrth Korea is in big trouble if they go after Imperial Palace with Japan happy they won Baseball classic you know how thing work out it going be bad for North Korea
My favorite fantasy is that it blows up on the launch pad, and takes out the control bunker and the viewing stands.
My second favorite is that Kim’s army turns on him, and takes him out before this thing is launched.
I have a very active fantasy life, as you can probably tell.
Ship movements over the next few days will be interesting.............
The interceptor missile will have a Hawaiian shirt painted on it along with Jimmy Buffet's mug and a quote: "Welcome to my island... beeeyatch"
The easiest way to orbit is to launch due east, taking advantage of the earth’s rotation. The satellite, however will follow a great circle tangent to the direction at deployment. Basically, if they want to replicate a sputnik like orbit, it would be a low earth (like 150 miles altitude) circular orbit, something like the equator but tilted so that most northly point would be the latitude of launch and the most southerly point the latitude of it’s antipode. The orbit would more or less remain fixed in space ( for the purpose of this conversation) but the earth would orbit under it, meaning that very point between these extremes would pass under its orbit.
Of course, a launch to east brings it over Japan. It’s pretty easy to tell whether or not a ballistic (not thrusting) trajectory will impact land or continue in orbit. During boost you cannot tell where it will wind up until the rocket motor cuts off.
The last N. Korean launch was unannounced and sailed right over Japan, which the Japanese did not take kindly to, in the least. It was also on a northeasterly course which took it over the heart of Japan and if it had had more velocity would have taken it on over Alaska and then down the west coast of the United States.
There are other considerations when planning a launch, such as range safety and the desired inclination of the final orbit. But a beginner would probably be satisfied with a successful launch towards the east.
Another N. Korean BLUFF!
Obama could stop this launch easily.
All he needs to do is promise hundreds of tons of food, millions of barrels of oil, and a team of Hughes rocket scientists to perfect their satellite launch technology!
Most orbits are west to east (”prograde”) because that’s the way the earth rotates. If you launch east to west (retrograde) you need to overcome the initial impetus imparted by the earth’s rotation. It’s a whole lot more expensive that way.
That’s what I thought. Thanks.
I’m just so wound up.
Six decades ago, my relatives fought against the bravest men on the planet - the Americans. They have passed away, but they always maintained their respect to the “Amerika jin” for their courage and determination to defend their country. WE LOVE BRAVE MEN.
In England, many Muslims asked me why the Japanese support the country that dropped nukes on us. I said, it’s because they were brave and really did their best.
Now, where are the real Americans, who love to fight? As General George Patton said, real Americans love to fight, and I still believe that.
If the freaking commies bomb us, I bet our nation will be absolutely out of control. We occupied Korea for 36 years, invested a lot, and doubled their population - believe it or not. WE WILL NOT DO THAT NEXT TIME.
I’ve dusted off my radio operator’s certificate. I will go home and join the JGSDF if necessary. F-ck my career in engineering. There won’t be any value in my PhD from Manchester University if our nation disappears.
こん畜生、来るなら来いい、この野郎!
It may come down to that. I do see the LDP picking up public support by the day from the average Tanaka. Folks are mentally pulling the wagons in a circle over here in Japan, faced with this idiotic external threat from next door through no provocation of their own.
Big difference now. The NKs have nukes and the Japanese DON’T. And the NKs can load them on some aircraft and then send about a hundred different aircraft vs Japan.
Will the nuke carrying aircraft get through?
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