Fox News channel is reporting as Breaking News that N. Korea has 3 or 4 more missiles fueled and on the launchpad ready to go at this time.
They say the report comes from South Korean news sources.
Thank you celtic-cat.
http://www.foxnews.com
Upates always appreciated.
ON THE NET...
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THANKS to Tiger Likes Rooster for the this thread and translation.
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[N. Korean Missile] Taepodong-2 Engine Defect, Exposing its Problems(imperfect combustion)
Donga Ilbo ^ | 07/06/06
Posted on 07/05/2006 11:10:14 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
/begin my summary
[N. Korean Missile] Taepodong-2 Engine Defect, Exposing its Problems
The source of N. Korean Taepodong-2 missile failure is now being narrowed down to its engine problem.
According to NIS(S. Korean Intelligence Agency,) Taepodong-2 was launched at 5am, on July 5th, from the launch pad at Munsudan-ri, Hwa-dae County, N. Hamkyong Province. After its vertical ascent, it was flying over East Sea when its engine developed 'shaking.'
It is the same as the situation where imperfect combustion of automobile fuel causes engine to shake. Experts suspect that some technical problems inside booster rockets lead to imperfect combustion of its liquid fuel. According to this scenario, this 'shaking' persisted for (initial) 40 seconds of flight, which caused the combustion chamber to develop cracks, and its fuel to leak, leading to explosion of the missile.
Some other experts argue that, since the missile's liquid fuel is made by mixing highly flammable liquid with nitric acid or magnesium (materials for TNT) as catalysts, the imperfect combustion triggered chemical interaction among these substances, leading to the explosion.
/end my summary