Posted on 01/04/2018 8:49:32 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
A North Korean ballistic missile crashed into a city near the country’s capital Pyongyang in April, narrowly avoiding a “catastrophic accident” in a populated area, according to a report in The Diplomat. The Hwasong-12 was launched from Pukchang Airfield in a test on April 28, but its engines stopped working after one minute of low-altitude powered flight. The intermediate-range ballistic missile plunged to earth near the city of Tokchon, where it likely caused “considerable damage to a complex of industrial or agricultural buildings,” the current affairs magazine said in its report Wednesday. There was likely a “large explosion upon impact,” it added. While the accident probably resulted in few casualties, if any, the outcome could have been much worse with a slight difference in trajectory, the report said. The Tokchon facility, about 24 miles from the launch site, is close to a civilian area with commercial and residential buildings. North Korea has continued to carry out missile tests despite UN sanctions, though most concerns center on its capacity to successfully fire intercontinental-range ballistic missiles — ICBMs, rather than IRBMs like the Hwasong-12.
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If it had FAT DESPOT would have blamed it on us.
Sum ting Wong. :-)
Oops!
It’s okay. I meant to do that!
Hell, CNN would have blamed it on us.
Ho Li Fuk
Bang Ding Ow.
as well as the New Jerk Slimes, News WEAK, SLIME Magazine and the Washington Pi**d
It's lonely out in space.
LOL!!!
Run like hell...
Roopsie.
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One Hung Low
What the hell...??? The damn thing's turning around!!!
Ting Noh Wuk.
I guess the guy who suggested a self destruct system was executed by anti-aircraft fire?
Thanks, FrankR!
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