North Korea Fires Ballistic Missle

Reuters ^

[BusterDog]

JUST IN: North Korea fires a ballistic missile - news agency Yonhap, citing South Korean military

[Godzilla]

very long flight time for such a short distance. Going wayyyyy up.

[Godzilla]

likely missile stages

[BusterDog]

@ReutersWorld

“JUST IN: Pentagon says initial assessment of North Korean launch was an ICBM, traveled about 1,000 km before splashing into Sea of Japan”

[sparklite2]

Uhm, no.

[caww]

......Within minutes of North Korea’s missile launch, South Korea fired its own missile launch in retaliation.

......Earlier today North Korea issued a sabre-rattling statement in a state-run propaganda newspaper:

The mouthpiece for Kim’s one-party government said:

“The army and people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will surely accelerate the final victory in the standoff with the US.......The US is driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of war by mobilising huge aggression forces while tightening the sanctions upon the DPRK.”

So they’re hurting!

[Godzilla]

high apogee test

[sparklite2]

how much longer are going to allow them to develop these weapons?

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Allow? They’ll stop developing them when they’re developed.
Then they’ll use them. We are burdened by the morality of not striking first.

[dragnet2]

It was an ICBM...

[Godzilla]

So they’re hurting!

I'd say so. the medical reports on the defector - who was an officer - with the monster parasite infestation shows Kim can't afford to wait too long.

[Cementjungle]

very long flight time for such a short distance. Going wayyyyy up.

It was stuck in a tree for a while until someone could get to it and shake it loose by hitting it with a stick.

[hattend]

Plus it gives the Navy Guided Missile ships some target practice.

[sparklite2]

That’s pretty good. My impression of Hawaiian politics is that they are so far to the left, Kum Un sees them as kindred spirits.

[Godzilla]

“JUST IN: Pentagon says initial assessment of North Korean launch was an ICBM, traveled about 1,000 km before splashing into Sea of Japan”

Two similar tests were conducted this past July. Both high apogee.

[Vermont Lt]

Although at the end LeMay was koo koo for cocoa puffs.

[Hang'emAll]

Link to live TV Trump news conference on North Korea

https://youtu.be/iPLWeETlYwQ

LIVE: President Donald Trump URGENT statement on DPRK

[caww]

Indeed....we need to just keep the pressure on as it’s working....Fat Boy has his hands full now trying to convince the people he’s ‘fighting’ the US ....that’s why he fires these Missles and shows them being fired on huge screens in the city.

[Godzilla]

Yonhap News stating max altitude was 4500 km

[AppyPappy]

I would laugh my azz off if it accidentally nailed a Chinese or Russian satellite.

[Godzilla]

as I said earlier, this flight profile suggests

1. Test of reentry vehicles
2. Preparations for a high altitude nuke test.

[dragnet2]

2800 miles....