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N. Korea: New Taepodong on launch pad (launch as early as this Sunday)
Asahi Shimbun ^
| 06/17/06
Posted on 06/17/2006 1:05:02 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster
What if they're only 'testing', and the missile lands in downtown Tokyo? C'est la vie?
21
posted on
06/17/2006 2:37:51 AM PDT
by
hershey
To: hershey
Re #21
C'est la vie?
It is. Life includes catastrophe and monumental retribution, too. Ask Japanese. They were nuked twice.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Re #21
This time N. Korea would be on the receiving end if it ever lands on Tokyo.
To: TigerLikesRooster; Cindy
S. Korean media Yonhap News is reporting that, according to local experts, it is quite likely that U.S. tries to intercept the N. Korean missile Taepodong-2 if it is launched.
To: TigerLikesRooster
OPINION: Sounds good to me.
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posted on
06/17/2006 3:22:37 AM PDT
by
Cindy
To: TigerLikesRooster
Lets put an Aegis in the Sea and shoot it down!!!
That'll make em sweat.
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posted on
06/17/2006 5:04:11 AM PDT
by
Finalapproach29er
(Americans need to remember Osama's "strong horse" -"weak horse" analogy. Let's stop acting weak.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
If the trajectory of this missle crosses Japan, or approaches the shores of Alaska,it will be regarded as an act of war, there will be a cruise missle sea launch that will obliterate the N. Korean launch facility and its development buildings.
One step, Taepodong to Nodong.
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posted on
06/17/2006 5:06:23 AM PDT
by
Candor7
((Into Liberal flatulance goes the best hope of the West, and who wants to be a smart feller?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Cobra Ball up and running! (as usual)... out of Okinawa. Link to follow:
http://meta.cdn.yahoo-streaming.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20060617-00000014-nnn-soci-movie-000&media=wm300k
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posted on
06/17/2006 5:07:07 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(A few clever bones tossed on gay unions, flag burning & Iraq still don't absolve GWB over BORDERS)
To: Finalapproach29er
Aegis are already in place downrange from the launch site : open source : (Japan Maritime Self Defense Force) and a lot of other resources are at work as we speak.
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posted on
06/17/2006 5:09:47 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(A few clever bones tossed on gay unions, flag burning & Iraq still don't absolve GWB over BORDERS)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Re #28
U.S. Navy surveillance ship is also out of Sasebo, Japan.
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
06/17/2006 5:13:15 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: AmericanInTokyo
Are they stupid enough to really do this? (Rhetorical question) I guess my question is...what are the odds they WILL do this?
Is what you're referring to- all the preparing- SOP? It seems from what I'm reading that everyone is taking this fairly seriously..
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posted on
06/17/2006 5:14:53 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud Mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: nuconvert
Re #31
IMHO, there is less than 50% chance that it is a show.
To: Cindy
I sure wouldn't want to a crewman on an RC-135 these days.
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posted on
06/17/2006 5:19:00 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake But Accurate, Experts Say.')
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Re #34
Better to be a squid in a boomer near N. Korea.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Like I said before; If they launch, surgically remove it from the air.
Let the region and the world know that we can do it.
Get the attention of all those who think they can play on the world stage.
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posted on
06/17/2006 5:20:22 AM PDT
by
Kakaze
(American: a Citizen of the United States of America........not just some resident of said continent)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Great to hear we're on the ball.
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posted on
06/17/2006 5:21:38 AM PDT
by
Finalapproach29er
(Americans need to remember Osama's "strong horse" -"weak horse" analogy. Let's stop acting weak.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I strongly doubt the U.S. will attempt to intercept this launch unless the payload or spent rocket motors threaten to land on one of the fifty states. A "harmless" launch into the Pacific would be an "intelligence" event. The Japanese have Patriot batteries and are probably adopting an analogous position.
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posted on
06/17/2006 5:24:56 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake But Accurate, Experts Say.')
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
06/17/2006 5:32:46 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Re #38
By the time, they find out that it will threaten U.S. mainland, wouldn't it be too late?
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