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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The Norks should talk first with the Japanese about what happened the last time an Asian country attacked Hawaii.....
Buckwheat pronounces it "koombaya".
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.
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!
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.
Obama & crowd are looking for an overseas diversion.
ZZ Top ~ Jesus Just Left Chicago ~ LIVE!!! 1980
I am sick of our government treating us like brain dead ninnies to cover their own incompetence.
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.
Hmmmm, two less DemonRatz senators...... kewl!
Maybe Bill Richardson could sell them a booster to reach CA?
Maybe Bill Richardson could sell them a booster to reach CA?
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.
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.
Iran would have the Shahab-5 ICBM, capable of reaching the United Kingdom.
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