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N Korea rocket launch reportedly fails
LA Times ^
| April 12, 2012 | 4:22 pm
| staff
Posted on 04/12/2012 4:42:54 PM PDT by gandalftb
North Korea launched a three-stage rocket from a missile base near the west coast city of Sinuiju today, claiming that it was carrying a weather satellite of purely civilian use.
Its projected trajectory was almost due south on a course 150 miles east of Shanghai. The second stage of the rock was to splash down east of the Philippines, which prompted Manila to cancel northbound flights as a precaution.
Initial network news reports said the rocket failed during flight.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: epicfail; failepicfail; japan; northkorea; rocket; southkorea
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To: gandalftb
When I first heard this news- I couldn’t wait to come here and see the funny things you guys had posted. I was NOT disappointed.
Thanks for the laughs folks. I needed it today.
Mazel tov N. Korea-
The Jew
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posted on
04/12/2012 7:07:50 PM PDT
by
CWSNTEXAS
(Am I'm the ONLY Conservative Jew in America? What's wrong with you other schmucks?)
To: snowsislander
しかたがない、金さん。
It can't be helped, Mr. Gold?
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posted on
04/12/2012 7:08:32 PM PDT
by
Washi
(Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, one head-shot at a time.)
To: gandalftb; TigerLikesRooster
Correction:
NORAD is calling the splashdown at 165 km west of Seoul, that is well off the planned flight path. Confirms my earlier report that the flash was seen due west of the DMZ.
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posted on
04/12/2012 7:10:43 PM PDT
by
gandalftb
(The art of diplomacy says "nice doggie", until you find a bigger rock.)
To: gandalftb
So there is a truth to the SK report that NK pushed a self-destruct button because rocket veered way off course. 165km to the West of Seoul? The rocket could have hit Shanghai. Imagine it actually happened. What a catastrophe it could have been.
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posted on
04/12/2012 7:17:10 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: Carry_Okie
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posted on
04/12/2012 7:22:24 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Unconfirmed:
At 151 km altitude the single track became 4 tracks and an explosion, then 20 tracks at splashdown.
I agree with you that is was an intended abort as it was way off track.
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posted on
04/12/2012 7:37:04 PM PDT
by
gandalftb
(The art of diplomacy says "nice doggie", until you find a bigger rock.)
To: gandalftb
They dragged me away from my Pong game FOR THIS??
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posted on
04/12/2012 7:41:01 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(The Democrat Ku Klux Klan is alive and well - Ogletree, Sharpton, Williams, Jackson)
To: gandalftb
I am hopeful that something like STUXNET messed up the rocket’s guidance system.:-)
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posted on
04/12/2012 7:42:59 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: gandalftb
Time to hire Sarah Jessica Parker...on second thought maybe not. She does not have a face that would launch much.
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posted on
04/12/2012 7:46:30 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: gandalftb
Can’t someone paint a bulls eye on Nancy Pelosi’s house in San Francisco with a taunting sign in Korean..I bet you can’t hit this.
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posted on
04/12/2012 8:04:43 PM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
To: gandalftb
The only thing that I would have found more pleasing than the rocket’s failure would have been its (apparent) success—followed, immediately, by its being shot down by South Korea or Japan...
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posted on
04/12/2012 8:19:45 PM PDT
by
AmericanExceptionalist
(Democrats believe in discussing the full spectrum of ideas, all the way from far left to center-left)
To: TigerLikesRooster; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...
Axis of Evil ping. Thanks gandalftb.
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posted on
04/12/2012 8:26:12 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: grey_whiskers
Ah, Iran bought 3 Chinese ICBMs. Where do you think NKorea got their missile tech from? China covertly sells to NK. NK sells to Iran. China gets plausible deniability. All evil dictators end up happy.
If Iran is indeed buying directly from China, all it means is the ChiComs are getting more brazen about things.
93
posted on
04/12/2012 8:29:30 PM PDT
by
Thane_Banquo
(Support hate crime laws: Because some victims are more equal than others.)
To: SunkenCiv; TigerLikesRooster; AdmSmith
DPRK just announced a satellite launch failure. They know they’re caught, amazing that they aren’t spinning it.
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posted on
04/12/2012 8:30:15 PM PDT
by
gandalftb
(The art of diplomacy says "nice doggie", until you find a bigger rock.)
To: gandalftb
It blowed up real good!"
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posted on
04/12/2012 8:36:10 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: gandalftb
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posted on
04/12/2012 8:41:14 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Snickering Hound
“Hold meh beer and watch this”
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posted on
04/12/2012 8:42:55 PM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
To: gandalftb
Can’t do it any other way. They invited so many journalists. Whoever proposed this media stunt-turned-fiasco is now in deep trouble.
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posted on
04/12/2012 8:43:06 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: All
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posted on
04/12/2012 8:43:18 PM PDT
by
Lmo56
(If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
To: gandalftb
Per Chosun Ilbo:
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posted on
04/12/2012 8:45:32 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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