Here it is!
Posted on 04/03/2009 1:46:20 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Obama issues warning as North Korea readies rocket
By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer Fri Apr 3, 12:56 am ET
WASHINGTON – As North Korea fueled a multistage rocket Thursday for its threatened satellite launch, President Barack Obama promised a "stern" response and Japan vowed to press for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council. Senior U.S. defense officials said that trailers and vehicles carrying rocket propellant were in place at North Korea's coastal launch site and that fueling had begun.
A U.S. counter-proliferation official said the fueling process could take "up to a few days." But a senior U.S. intelligence official told The Associated Press that Pyongyang was on track for a projected Saturday launch
The American officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence issues.
At the G-20 summit in London, Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak issued a statement agreeing on "a stern, united response from the international community if North Korea launches a long-range rocket."
State Department spokesman Robert Wood would not address the U.S. intelligence reports. But he repeated earlier warnings for the North Koreans not to take any "provocative" actions.
Japan's ambassador to the U.N. said his nation will request an emergency session of the Security Council if North Korea proceeds with the launch. Yukio Takasu said he raised the possibility during closed-door council talks Thursday.
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Here it is!
“Obama issues warning”
Make sure you hit the Hall of Records in Honolulu.
Oh I just bet the NK’s are going to straighten out now!
You are exceedingly right, no doubt.
God’s safety and guidance to you and yours.
God have mercy on us all.
I do suspect that this NK thing is a bit too early for the WWIII conflagration to get going wholesale.
I think it’s some preliminary testing for that scheduled festivity.
I think it will be MOSTLY much ado about less than the NKese would prefer.
OThuga’s stern response is to fart in the direction of any opponents.
Then to grin a cheesy grin while giving the finger.
Wise counsel
Heh heh heh...
That was good.
:-P
They’ll be spanked and sent to bed.
But Cobra Ball doesn’t fly at supersonic speeds, does it?
“The extra antennas created flutter over the elevator above .82M.” http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/cobra_ball.htm
Likewise, Rivet Joint’s speed is well under the speed of sound: Speed: 500+ miles per hour (Mach.66)
http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=121
So neither would account for the sonic booms heard. Even a B-2 is listed as flying at high subsonic speed. http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=82
In contrast, an F-22 flies at Mach 2. http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=199 But would or could an F-22 have any capability against an ICBM?
The List, ping
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