Posted on 12/12/2012 1:37:35 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Object seen in orbit after North Korea carries out controversial rocket launch
By Jethro Mullen, CNN
December 12, 2012 -- Updated 0907 GMT (1707 HKT)
Hong Kong (CNN) -- North Korea surprised and angered the international community Wednesday by launching a long-range rocket that appeared to put a satellite in orbit, a breakthrough for the reclusive, nuclear-armed state.
The North Korean regime said the rocket had successfully blasted off from a space center on its west coast and delivered a satellite into its intended orbit. The launch followed a botched attempt in April and came just days after Pyongyang suggested its plans could be delayed.
North Korea's previous claims of successful satellite launches have been dismissed by the United States and other countries, but this time it seemed to have pulled it off.
Initial indications suggest the rocket "deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit," the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the joint U.S.-Canadian aerospace agency, said in a statement.
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If they can put a satellite into a tricky polar orbit then they are close to having the ability to target any place on the face of the earth. Reentry giudance is all they need.
If they can put a satellite into a tricky polar orbit then they are close to having the ability to target any place on the face of the earth. Reentry giudance is all they need.
Partial re-entry at that because with a nuke they could EMP us...
Ooooh, sexiest man alive....as per The Onion.....
Ok, this will sound crazy but...
they now have the capability to poof an EMP above our heads.
And no reason not to...
Maybe that Red Dawn Movie was accurate after-all. /sarc
No re entry required. Detonate a nuke 250 miles above Omaha and 90% of the US population would be dead in a few months. As per Dr. Graham, Chair of the 2008 EMP Commission Report to Congress.
Yesterday at the opening of an interview, Sen McCain chided Cavuto about his weight and that he and the Korean were twins separated at birth
and setting the world stage for the whimpering end of the United States as a world power
Now, the world simply laughs as us for they know the chief communist of the united states will do nothing more than tell more lies, obfuscate, defy the Constitution and any/and all things to bring the U.S. further down to it’s knees before his communist friends.
We have become the laughing stock of the world. We have finally done it to ourselves for now we have a Politically Correct affirmative action president that has a secret past and is a raving communist.
One EMP pulse would be a dream come true for Obama if he knew in advance and the FedGov had hardened its systems in advance. Think of the hardship and privation, the mass die offs and the end of the US as we know it to be rebuilt by Obama as a New Amerika.
Who would die off? Dems. Dem city low-life voters. All who put Obama into office.
And the tyrants will come out to play.
Now can we stop ignoring this threat?
Now.
I for one welcome EMP’s over every continent. One big reset button. My fear is our dear Muslim in Chief will not retaliate with EMP’s but do nothing and open us up to invasion of sorts.
A world without tv, radio, and mass transit for 6 months would be a blessing in disguise. After the weed out period of liberals and others not prepared we would come back stronger and smarter.
Doesn't matter. The useful idiots would have served their purpose.
"And the tyrants will come out to play."
Indeed they would and Obama would be betting that his surviving Federal forces would install him as Maximum Leader for Life. Others would have different ideas and the results would be settled with blood and steel, not elections.
Does the orbit of the object cross the North American continent? If so, it may well be an EMP device purchased from Paki or the Russkis.
Shoot it down, now.
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