Posted on 04/04/2009 8:48:14 PM PDT by Man50D
Japanese broadcaster NHK says North Korea has launched a missile as threatened with a report the second stage landed in the Pacific Ocean about 1,100 miles from Japan.
North Korea had informed international authorities that it planned to launch a rocket sometime between Saturday and Wednesday to put a satellite into orbit.
But the U.S., South Korea, Japan and others suspect it is a cover for testing a long-range missile for the North, which has nuclear weapons. Leaders from those countries had warned Pyongyang not to proceed with the planned rocket launch. Japanese government sources reported it appeared to be a long-range missile.
Such a test would be a first step toward putting a nuclear warhead on a missile capable of reaching Alaska and beyond.
Liftoff took place at 11:30 a.m. local time Sunday from the coastal Musudan-ri launch pad in northeastern North Korea, the South Korean government said. In Washington, the State Department also confirmed the launch.
The rocket flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean, the Japanese broadcaster NHK said, citing its government.
Resisting calls from President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and Hu Jintao of China to call off the launch, North Korea had announced Saturday that preparations were complete to send communications satellite Kwangmyongsong-2 on a multistage rocket bound for the skies over Japan.
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How much moeny (from US) do the N.K. demand now?
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I wonder if they actually managed to get a satellite into orbit... surely we would see if they did or didn’t.
It sounds as though this launch was either a failure because the satellite didn’t make it into orbit or it actually was a successful test of a missile designed to carry nuclear warheads. Hmmmmm.
This is 0’s fault for lack of leadership.
multi-stage rocket- 2nd stage splash down in the Pacific- where the heck is the third stage? or am I being a dummy?
Perspective:
"Distance from Los Angeles to Pyongyang Distance is 9569 kilometers or 5946 miles or 5167 nautical miles
Distance from Anchorage to Pyongyang Distance is 6015 kilometers or 3738 miles or 3248 nautical miles "
Such a test would be a first step toward putting a nuclear warhead on a missile capable of reaching Alaska and beyond.
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Uhh,, how many splashes does that make so far?
Poor Japan. It must be karma , having NKorea next door.
That threat really deterred Little Kim, didn't it?
NOT!
Pigs in spaaaaaaace!
Where is Obama? Isn’t he supposed to come out and make a statement after such an incident?
Just like passing another gun law. The criminals ignore the first one so lets pass another. That really works.
BOY Godzilla be tick off JJ
It was a barrel of kimchee that got lofted in orbit.
And to think...
...if we hadn’t forced Japan to give up it’s Korean territory after WWII, then there wouldn’t have been a Korean War *OR* a North Korea!
Ah, well... hindsight’s 20/20.
(Of course, if you tell this to a Korean, they’ll tend to go ballistic.)
:-P
They're loading the teleprompter now probably.
hindsight’s 20/20.
and if we had let Germany have Russia.. I hear ya
Pay them in Plutonium, “the gift that keeps on giving”!
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