As another astute freeper pointed out last night, it was a complete success. They wanted to know what we’d do about it, and they found out. Absolutely nothing.
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We should pop the next one with a cruise missile about the time they are fueling on the pad....
Show them a real crowd-pleaser....
Just my 2-cents...
Perhaps they could claim the great (cult) leader leader has just accomplished the first ever launch of an invisible satellite. And you doubt his success you must go to prison.
I still question the assumption that they were trying to put anything in orbit. The question is did the stages separate properly? Because mastering multistage rocketry is the key for producing long range ballistic missiles.
I don’t understand the picture accompanying the article: It says there are S. Koreans demonstrating against the N. Korean launch near the US embassy.
Why would they be demonstrating against our embassy for a N. Korean missile launch?
Inform NK that the next test will be target practice for the us. Make it loud and clear that this is a threat, and little Kim better be careful. Warn this bastard. And any retaliation and we will rip him to shreds.
Heads wirr lorr!
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Bingo. I am always shocked that journalists and many “analysts” take comfort in their failures. They’ll iron out the bugs in 5, 10 or 20 years. What then?
We’ve proven time and again we will bury our heads in the sand as long as it takes until the threat is clear and present — viz, Iran’s nukes.
Didn’t they do this during Bush II?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_North_Korean_missile_test
So didn’t Obama simply reinforce the US policy?
I do not trust our gooberment or the press to be honest about anything... ever.
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Perhaps we should start calling Obama our 'dear leader'.
North Korea claims success and that the satellite is now broadcasting patriotic songs (like “How good does bark taste”) from orbit. We’re saying the thing fizzled out and landed in the Pacific.
What if.....
The truth is that they launched and that we, or Japan, shot it down?
Pyongyang wouldn’t admit their missile was shot down. That would be failure. If we shot it down, Obama would want to keep that fact under wraps. Afterall, the Democrats have long held that the missile shield is a waste of money. They wouldn’t want to admit successfully using it themselves.
So, does this mean the NORKs aren’t exactly rocket scientists?
yesterday they said their satellite was in fact in obit
broadcasting songs about their pathetic and retarded leader
and his evil father . More lies by the NK MF’s
Since it wasn't a satelite launch, it could not be ruled a failure. They were launching a long range missile. That's what needs to be evaluated. "If I announce a launch of a satelite, and launch a missile, what will other countries do".
How far away from the launch site did the missile come down?
And...
What?
Is this information so critical that it must be kept secret?
I'm sure any such tracking could have been distributed immediately showing the test flight from liftoff to splashdown.
It hasn't happened because...?