NK Fires Missile (short-range; now a second short-range missile)

July 4, 2006

[Lunatic Fringe]

TOKYO (AP) Japanese broadcaster NHK says North Korea has test-launched a missile.

[Eagles Talon IV]

This only makes the little pot bellied dork look like a fool. He was warned against firing off his ICBM or he would face the consequences. He didn't have the guts to do it and sought to save face by firing off a couple of bottle rockets.

[prairiebreeze]

Four missiles now, starting at post 337

[oceanview]

CNN now saying "missile failed in mid air"

if CNN would just get this Wendy Sherman off the air bashing Bush, their reports might be good.

[EBH]

What would be going on at the Okinawa base right now?

[saveliberty]

:-) FR rules, that's for sure!

[Crawdad]

Well, I know I'm safe. Our homeowners association doesn't allow incoming missiles without consent of the board members.

[John Lenin]

China is pulling the strings here. Time to expose the Chinese banking system as the fraud that it is.

[angcat]

I plan another coors light.

[Mom MD]

This is sounding more promising.

[AmericanInTokyo]

There is NO declaration of emergency state in Japan.

However, what is happening, is the Government of Japan is in EMERGENCY MODE and is meeting at this moment (6:10 a.m. local time).

Just wanted to clarify.

[tiredoflaundry]

Well, I know I'm safe. Our homeowners association doesn't allow incoming missiles without consent of the board members

BWAHAHAAAA! too funny! ;-)

[GRRRRR]

NO DONG???

[llevrok]

I think this was almost a bigger shot across the Japanese bow than across ours, despite the rhetoric

North Korea should remember when the Rising Sun gets upset from 1939 and again about 100 years ago when they occupied Korea.

They don't play nice when cornered.

[NonValueAdded]

And I'll bet NK couldn't afford the fines.

[saveliberty]

He could be trying to fend off an assassination attempt.

He is reported to be unstable. The Communist Party rules. Do you think that they will let him live, considering his military is still starving? (Note that they do not care about the civilians)

[mad_as_he$$]

Thanks

[r9etb]

This is looking less and less like a test (unless maybe of his command and control systems).

It's not a "test," and it's also not an attack -- it's Li'l Kim trying to get attention by demonstrating their ability to launch multiple missiles in a short time period. It's the only meaningful demonstration when you're threatening to start a nuclear war.

IMHO, it's a demo directed more to the South Koreans than anybody else.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt