I don't see the US doing anything, directly. There are plenty of other resources in the region that are capable of handling any 'threat' this launch is deemed to pose.

As I mentioned in a previous thread .... you can damn near count on what will eventually be 'determined' an upper-stage 'failure'.

I'd truly be surprised if it played out otherwise, but I've been wrong before ... who knows!?

I wonder if China would do anything and what would they do and do they really give a damn?

Its going to be an eventful few hours, because it depends if Japan and the US act drastically or not, if so then we probably have world war 3 on our hands, or the US just gives sanctions to North Korea or finally, everything goes fine and no one really cares

China wont do anything..........hopefully it finds a way to crash land in China.....preferably into a government building......that would be classic.....I dont see ANY chance that this will be a successful launch...North Korea is 0 for 3 so far in rocket launch attempts

I can guarantee that the United States has a "fail safe" longitude line at which they will destroy any incoming missile. I was a crew-chief on F-16's in the USAF. Trust me when I tell you that NORAD is watching this very close. What will the empty suit in the WH do? If that missile comes toward America and there is solid proof to that effect, then we will have no choice but to act. Otherwise, some strong armed political movement will happen at a very fast pace. If they shoot it into space, then I guess the empty suit will have to stick to his word and cut off the food to the NK. However, he has a track record of not doing what he says.....I think I covered all the bases here..... we will see soon enough. I am not holding my breath though. I will sleep very good tonight.

Originally posted by Theangrypea
Its going to be an eventful few hours, because it depends if Japan and the US act drastically or not, if so then we probably have world war 3 on our hands, or the US just gives sanctions to North Korea or finally, everything goes fine and no one really cares

World War 3, really your going to go right there? Do people just not realize what it would take to have a conflict turned into a war which than gets turned into a world war?

It's fueled with liquid propellant so it might just pop on the launch pad like NASA's first test rockets.

~Morpheus