Posted on 04/28/2016 5:52:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
he South Korean defense ministry announced that an attempted test launch of a ballistic missile by North Korea ended when it exploded almost immediately after liftoff. The launch was the second test of the Musudan intermediate range missile in the last few days that ended in failure.
The South Koreans believe that the test was rushed in order to have some sort of technological success prior to a rare meeting of the Party Congress on May 6.
From Reuters:
"They are in a rush to show anything that is successful, to meet the schedule of a political event, the party congress," said Yang Uk, a senior research fellow at the Korea Defence and Security Forum and a policy adviser to the South Korean navy.
"They need to succeed but they keep failing. They didn't have enough time to fix or technically modify the system, but just shot them because they were in hurry," he said.
Thursday's apparent failure marks another setback for the North's young leader Kim Jong Un. A similar missile launched on the April 15 birthday of his grandfather, the country's founder, Kim Il Sung, exploded in what the U.S. Defense Department called a "fiery, catastrophic" failure.
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I’m sure the ground crew and top engineers were immediately executed.
Wee Tu Lo !!!
Yup, the ultimate in taking responsibility.
North Korean rocket scientist has recently shot to the top of the most dangerous job list.
Som Ting Wong...
Are there any engineers left to shoot?
They are left with Middle School science students. Kids who have a tree bark lunch are likely to make mistakes
If Hillary gets elected she’ll make sure the Nork’s launches are successful. Just a little “contribution” to the Clinton Foundation will fix them right up.
They should hire bill clintoon as a consultant...he apparently helped the Chinese obtain advanced stabilizer technology.
Strapped to a rocket and fired?
Yes! Someone else remembers the tree bark news story from many years ago.
Sum Ting ,Wong
Don’t laugh. Obama is only about three degrees from center on this guy. Obama just has a bigger economy and a loyal press which is also only about three degrees from being state run.
The recent cooking show was a huge success if Kim Jong Rolly Polly is any indication.
"We may have to go on an arduous march, during which we will have to chew the roots of plants once again," Source
Whats weird is that South Korean TV says these tests are successful.
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