Posted on 04/03/2017 5:32:03 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Possible Evidence of the Failed March 22 Missile Test
By Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. 03 April 2017
Reports originating from South Korean and US sources indicate that at 7:00 AM (local time) on March 22, North Korea failed in an attempt to launch a ballistic missile. These reports stated that “North Korea fired one missile from an area near the Wonsan Air Base this morning but it’s presumed to have failed…” and that the missile “…appears to have exploded within seconds of launch.”[1]
The type of missile was not released, but the Kalma Ballistic Missile Launch Site—adjacent to the Kalma International Airport (formerly known as the “Wonsan Airbase”)—is where North Korea conducted multiple tests of its Musudan (Hwasong-10/KN-07) intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) in 2016. The reporting on this failed test was slower to come out and more ambiguous than normal, with no additional information provided subsequently.
No commercial satellite imagery of the area is available from the day of the attempted test, but an image from March 28 shows evidence of a massive 110-meters-in-diameter irregular circular explosion scar on the secondary runway leading to the Kalma Ballistic Missile Launch Site. While we cannot be certain, it is highly probable that this explosion scar represents the announced missile launch failure, as it did not appear in imagery from March 19.
(Excerpt) Read more at 38north.org ...
P!
Yes, it could.
It’s been my take for some time we should just shoot them down, or do something like this if we had the capability.
Maybe it’s time to let Russia see some of our capabilities, to tighten it’s leash.
Ho Li Fuk
........wonder how many went before a firing squad that afternoon??
It’d be GREAT if the cause were Directed Energy, eh..?
HOW VERY UNFORTUNATE..!
^_^
“No commercial satellite imagery of the area is available from the day of the attempted test”
Oh, it’s available, just not to us.
It's hard to shoot them down when they only get 30 feet off the launch pad before blowing up.
Fat boy no likee.
Missile Type = Own Goal
While no commercial satellite caught the attempt at a launch, you can bet the most sophisticated satellite(s) of the CIA, NSA, DOD and whomever else DID see what happened. (Unless, of course thay might have been trained on Trump Tower that day)
Says it all...
Exactly...
D-Fek-Tive
I wonder when one of these things bows up prematurely whether the USN or the AF have an unannounced deployment of a new laser in the area. I suppose it is unlikely, but it is possible.
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