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N. Korea's missile launch appears to have failed
Yonhap News ^
| 2016/05/3
Posted on 05/30/2016 5:54:57 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: Organic Panic
I got the impression that they are under heavy pressure to make it work fast. Compared with their past test launches, this series of test has been done without enough time between tests, which is needed to fix problems.
Political imperative appears to trump engineering concerns.
To: TigerLikesRooster
The three previous Musudan failures originated in the Wonsan area; very good chance this was a BM-25/Musudan as well. The missile is a North Korean copy of the Russian SS-N-6, a sub-launched ballistic missile. Moscow claims the design was “de-nuclearized” before being sold to Pyongyang, but it could be easily reconfigured to carry a nuclear warhead.
Iran has invested heavily in the program and BM-25 airframes and support hardware was exported to that country several years ago. Tehran is probably pressuring NK to prove the missile works and Kim Jong-un will keep executing missile scientists until they get it right.
To: Secret Agent Man
Once the first and second tiers disappeared, I’d high-tail it!!!
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posted on
05/30/2016 6:51:15 PM PDT
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SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
05/30/2016 6:52:12 PM PDT
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StoneWall Brigade
( America's Party! Tom Hoefling/Steve Schulin 2016)
To: cva66snipe; Jeff Head
I believe that South Korea must deploy THDD and we must increase our troop levels, on the DmZ and deploy more heavy arsenal.
Peace through strength!
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posted on
05/30/2016 6:54:43 PM PDT
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StoneWall Brigade
( America's Party! Tom Hoefling/Steve Schulin 2016)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
05/30/2016 6:56:08 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
That's funnier than hell!
I scrolled past it, then the thought hit me that something just wasn't right...went back and noticed the hair!
Good one!
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posted on
05/30/2016 7:41:54 PM PDT
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OldSmaj
(Voting for Hillary because she is a woman is like eating a turd because it looks like a Baby Ruth.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
05/30/2016 7:44:14 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: StoneWall Brigade
My guess is we have invisible assets real close by. What we need is to rescind an EO written by Ford and followed by others regarding the handling of such pest. It prohibits covert ops from neutralizing the leadership.
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posted on
05/30/2016 8:39:41 PM PDT
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cva66snipe
((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
To: TigerLikesRooster
L’il fat boy is not pleased.
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posted on
05/30/2016 9:40:13 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
05/30/2016 10:04:13 PM PDT
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New Jersey Realist
(Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
05/30/2016 10:11:17 PM PDT
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SkyDancer
("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: TigerLikesRooster
Psst, Kim, try some Cialis!
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posted on
05/30/2016 11:27:37 PM PDT
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TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Once is an aberration.
Twice is a trend.
The third time it’s government policy.
(Unless of course, it’s enemy action....)
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posted on
05/31/2016 4:49:09 AM PDT
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Natty Bumppo@frontier.net
(We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous world.)
To: Organic Panic
Dont get too excited. How many rockets failed before Von Braun got it right? Thanks for that context. Mockery is shameful.
Who are we to laugh at their lack of lighting? Do you know how many failures Edison had before he got the light bulb right? Of course that was 140 years ago, and 75 years ago on Von Braun's rocket, but who are we to laugh?
(hint: we are the ones a century ahead...a century!!!)
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posted on
05/31/2016 9:13:42 AM PDT
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laotzu
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