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North Korean Rocket Could Reach Hawaii: US Admiral
breitbart.com ^ | Mar 27, 2009 | staff

Posted on 03/27/2009 7:27:24 PM PDT by kellynla

America's top military officer said on Friday that a rocket North Korea plans to launch next month has a range that could possibly reach Hawaii. Asked if the North Korean rocket could reach the US states of Hawaii or Alaska, Admiral Mike Mullen told CNN: "In some cases, yes, they could probably get down to Hawaii."

International concern has been mounting about North Korea's announcement it would launch a communications satellite between April 4 and 8.

The United States, Japan and other allies believe Pyongyang is using the launch to test a ballistic missile that could, in theory, cross the Pacific to reach North America.

The launch, combined with North Korea's atomic weapons, were cause for serious concern, the admiral said.

Mullen added the regime's missiles did not yet have a range that could strike the western coast of the US mainland.

Arms experts say North Korea has yet to demonstrate it has the ability to construct and fit a nuclear warhead onto a missile.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: northkorea; rocket; taepodong2
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To: April Lexington

The Norks should talk first with the Japanese about what happened the last time an Asian country attacked Hawaii.....


21 posted on 03/27/2009 9:37:49 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: kellynla
"How do say "embargo" in Chinese & "blockade" in N. Korean? "

Buckwheat pronounces it "koombaya".

22 posted on 03/27/2009 10:04:29 PM PDT by matthew fuller (The right response to the non-problem of global warming is to have the courage to do nothing)
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To: Frank_2001

I wouldn’t want to be living in Pyongyang if they hit Alaska or Hawaii! Can’t really blow it back to the stone age because they are already there. So, rename the place Grand Crater.


23 posted on 03/27/2009 10:11:36 PM PDT by April Lexington (Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: April Lexington

Oh, crap. I forgot. We don’t have a legitimate POTUS at the moment to give the order. Oh, well. Maybe the Japanese or the Chinese can rise to the occasion. China needs to protect its oversees debtor, you know!


24 posted on 03/27/2009 10:13:18 PM PDT by April Lexington (Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: bimboeruption
Can you believe we have become a debtor nation?

We have been electing these screw heads to Congress since 1789. So, yes... I can believe we are a debtor nation full of "consumers."

If we don't clean house in 2010 the party is over.

25 posted on 03/27/2009 10:17:18 PM PDT by April Lexington (Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: kellynla

Obama & crowd are looking for an overseas diversion.


26 posted on 03/27/2009 11:12:48 PM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is not 'free'.)
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To: kellynla

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27 posted on 03/27/2009 11:24:06 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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To: kellynla
North Korea is going to launch a satellite into obit. Saying it could reach Hawaii is either stupid or propaganda because if it can orbit, it can reach any city on earth.

I am sick of our government treating us like brain dead ninnies to cover their own incompetence.

28 posted on 03/28/2009 1:48:51 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: EagleUSA

When bill and hill were in charge, yassar arafat was the most frequent visitor at the White House.
obamma lamma ding dong is just lowering the bar a little.


29 posted on 03/28/2009 3:46:14 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: kellynla

Hmmmm, two less DemonRatz senators...... kewl!


30 posted on 03/28/2009 4:33:24 AM PDT by Feckless (No Birth Certificate... No Peace)
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To: kellynla

Maybe Bill Richardson could sell them a booster to reach CA?


31 posted on 03/28/2009 4:34:30 AM PDT by Feckless (No Birth Certificate... No Peace)
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To: kellynla

Maybe Bill Richardson could sell them a booster to reach CA?


32 posted on 03/28/2009 4:34:44 AM PDT by Feckless (No Birth Certificate... No Peace)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

And since the Taep o’dong 2 is a three stage liquid fueled rocket, I’m betting the rocket fuel would be depleted before reaching orbit, the missile slanting in its second stage or even better, the rocket exploding.

Then they’ll have to prep another Taep o’dong 2 at Musudan-ri or Dongchang-ni while the Hawaiian NG and U.S. Pacific Fleet prep up their Patriot, THAAD and shipborne SM-2ER/ SM-3 defenses.

Maybe the Alaskan NG should join in, you know prep up a handful of Patriots, THAADs and an Airborne Laser 747 based at Elmendorf AFB.


33 posted on 06/19/2009 11:31:37 PM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: American in Israel

The Kwangmyongsong-2 is in the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, not up in space playing songs about the Great and Dear Leaders, as the KCNA is duping them.


34 posted on 06/19/2009 11:31:37 PM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: LSUfan

Iran would have the Shahab-5 ICBM, capable of reaching the United Kingdom.


35 posted on 06/20/2009 6:13:17 AM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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