North Korea Launches Rocket

Just reporting on Fox... no link yet, will provide it ASAP.

Talk about interception with a Patriot missile....

~Namaste

ETA: Confirmation that the rocket has in fact been launched by North Korea. No confirmation from the North yet. In direct opposition to Russia, who requested that North Korea "stand down".

ETA: Now on the front page of Fox - www.foxnews.com... - and confirmed by U.S.

Originally posted by SonOfTheLawOfOne
Just reporting on Fox... no link yet, will provide it ASAP.

Talk about interception with a Patriot missile....

~Namaste

ETA: Confirmation that the rocket has in fact been launched by South Korea. No confirmation from the North yet. In direct opposition to Russia, who requested that North Korea "stand down".

edit on 12-4-2012 by SonOfTheLawOfOne because: (no reason given)

edit on 12-4-2012 by SonOfTheLawOfOne because: (no reason given)

I think you got your North and South a bit mixed up in your OP.
Regards, Iwinder

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Thanks for the correction!

That's what I get for trying to get it out too fast...

~Namaste

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You are welcome my friend.
Regards, Iwinder

Yup, I just got an alert on my iPhone AP/Drudge Report apps that North Korea has launched a rocket.

Now I have not been following current events lately so my question is whats the big deal? Is this just a test rocket and where is it going?

From Drudge/Reuters
uk.reuters.com...

(Reuters) - North Korea on Friday launched its ballistic rocket carrying a weather satellite, South Korea's YTN television reported, without citing sources.

The South's Yonhap news agency also reported the launch.

The launch has drawn international criticism due to concerns it could further the reclusive state's ability to deliver a nuclear warhead.

No further details or pictures were available to confirm the report.

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nothing will happen they wont shoot it down its all piss and wind

Originally posted by Swills
Yup, I just got an alert on my iPhone AP/Drudge Report apps that North Korea has launched a rocket.

Now I have not been following current events lately so my question is whats the big deal? Is this just a test rocket and where is it going?

Not sure where it's heading... probably somewhere over the Pacific.

It's a big deal because they just agreed NOT to do this, and Russia asked them not to as well as the U.S.

It's like advertising to terrorists that there is a place to buy inter-continental ballistic missiles.

~Namaste

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You are the first to post this, out of probably 20 threads to follow. S&F nom nom nom....

Des

Originally posted by eyeinoz
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nothing will happen they wont shoot it down its all piss and wind

You're probably right... the hope is that it burns up or falls apart.

~Namaste

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This doesn't worry me at all, and terrorists (and the brown Muslim people aren't the only terrorists in this world) have all the weapons and $$ they'll ever need with or without North Korea.

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N. Korea claims they are only launching a satellite.....hope the stupid thing stays on course....

Des

So, if this thing falls apart or burns up, what should the response be from the international community?

I'm curious what other people think the reaction should be, especially considering that the leader of North Korea is a complete mystery and we have no idea what is to follow.

Obviously, his daddy taught him well.

~Namaste

Shouldn't have posted that.

Originally posted by Destinyone
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N. Korea claims they are only launching a satellite.....hope the stupid thing stays on course....

Des

Perhaps, but I definitely think they are attempting to test whether or not they can carry a warhead.

If they have intercontinental ballistic missiles, that would be bad.

~Namaste

FOX reporting rocket/launch failed in trajectory....

That's what happens when the people building your rockets are all starving....

Des

LOL

There is word coming in now that the missile launch has failed after getting off the ground... still waiting for the confirmation...

~Namaste

ETA: Des beat me to it...

Well...that was a quickie wasn't it.....

Des

The most interesting thing about all this is that the US says that Iran is not allowed to have nukes but then they let NK have them and even launch something that could be a nuke.

I bet Iran is laughing their heads off right now as they realize that the US is ALL talk and their free to do as they want.

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that's a handy app.

at the very least you'll get a 5 min window to contemplate your mortality and the existence of God, when you get an alert that 1500 icbm's have been launched directly at the united states.

that's why bug out bags make me laugh. hows a flash light and mre's going to help you.

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Nice. This is good news. You guys are quick!