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N. Korea Launches Missile Into Sea of Japan, long range Taepodong fails in flight

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N. Korea Launches Missile Into Sea of Japan
Jul 04 4:12 PM US/Eastern
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TOKYO

North Korea test launched a missile early Wednesday morning that landed in the Sea of Japan, Japanese media reported.

North Korea launched the missile at 0332 Japan Time and it crashed into the Sea of Japan several minutes later, public broadcaster NHK reported.

NHK said Japanese government officials were trying to determine whether the missile was a long-range ballistic missile that had been readied for launch recently, or whether it was a different missile.

North Korea had been believed to be preparing a test launch of its Taepodong 2 missile, which is believed able to reach parts of the United States.

Officials were not immediately available to confirm the report.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/04/D8ILCNVG0.html
 
i thought the long range missles they have can only reach alaska
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea launched a long-range Taepodong-2 missile and two small Scud-type missiles within a two-hour period, but the long-range missile appears to have failed, a diplomatic source told Reuters on Tuesday.

CNN also reported that a Taepodong had been fired.

The Taepodong 2 missile, which had been under intense scrutiny by the United States and other western powers, appeared to have failed in flight, the diplomatic source said.

A Pentagon official told Reuters North Korea appeared also to have launched at least two small Scud-type missiles, but not the intercontinental ballistic missile that has been a focus of international concern.

"This appears not to be the launch of the missile that's been so widely reported of late," said the official, who asked not to named. He referred to the small missiles as "lesser variety" Scud types.

The official spoke before reports that the third, long-range Taepodong missile firing had been reported.

Japan's NHK TV reported the first of the two smaller missiles landed in the Sea of Japan about 375 miles from Japan.

A Japanese government official confirmed the launch but said it was unclear if it was a Taepodong ballistic missile.

Japan's Defense Minister reported separately that a second missile had been fired, according to NHK.

An Air Force facility protecting the nerve center of U.S. homeland defense at Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, had been on heightened alert, the U.S. military said, amid persistent reports that North Korea may be set to test-fire the long-range missile.

The commander of U.S. Northern Command ordered the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, which rings the bunkered operations center, to take "necessary security precautions commensurate with its missions," said Michael Kucharek, a spokesman for the U.S. Northern Command.

American officials have led a global chorus of concern that North Korea may soon test the Taepodong-2, believed capable of reaching Alaska.

It was the North's first missile firing in eight years.

On Monday, Pyongyang vowed to respond with an "annihilating" nuclear strike if attacked preemptively by the United States.

The heightened "force protection" level was put in place in the past two weeks, said Kucharek, adding that he could not be more specific because details of the move were classified.

Lt. Col. Marcella Adams, a spokeswoman for the Air Force Space Command, said precautions had been stepped up for the safety and security of people working in the complex.

Behind 25-tonne steel doors, the Cheyenne Mountain operations center lies within a 4.5-acre (1.8-hectare) grid of excavated chambers and tunnels surrounded by 2,000 feet (610 meters) of granite.

The U.S. Northern Command, based at Paterson Air Force Base near Cheyenne Mountain along with the space command, operates interceptor missiles buried in silos, nine of them at Ft. Greeley, Alaska, and two, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

Cheyenne Mountain was built in the early 1960s with a responsibility for warning of any incoming missiles. It is home to elements of the bi-national, U.S.-Canadian, North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD.

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kyanite said:
i thought the long range missles they have can only reach alaska

whether it can only reach Alaska or not, there are a hell of a lot of people in range of that missle.


this is *not* good.
 
the fact that their piece of shit missile failed in flight is heartening at least. try turning some of the lights back on instead, you fucking schmucks.
 
Scary people. If they did launch any kind of missle at anyone you could be sure they would be instantly gang raped by quite a few countries. I'm sure the UN would help us on that one.
 
Amazing. People there have turned to cannabalism because of how hungry they are, yet there is still enough money to test long-range missiles. :\
 
*=Regulator=* said:
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whether or not they nuke half the US or Japan into oblivion first is my primary concern.

I think a more likely scenario is they launch some missle that sputters out and fucks up mid flight or is shot down by some country, resulting in them getting gang raped anyway.
 
What I don't understand is why so many of you are buying into the hype? Seriously, for one, any bomb they might be able to build would be tiny. Two, their delivery systems are shit. Three, how many, and at what rate do you think they could produce these "imaginary" weapons? Fourth, is anyone old enough to remember the Cold War? Remember MAD? The North Korean's are perfectly aware that the launch of any such weapon at pretty well any nation on Earth-bar Iran possibly-would see them instantly and completely annihilated. The threat from N Korea, even if they possessed the bomb and the delivery systems now, would be minimal.
 
^^ Word

The far greater threat to world peace is the US' unilaterlal actions in undermining the nuclear non-proliferation treaty through its missile defence shield, development of low-yield nuclear weapons, and its endorsement of non-signatories testing nuclear weapons, like India. If people think this is a threat then maybe they should consider the consequences should the US' arrogant disregard of the ONLY international framework for combatting nuclear weapons trigger an arms race with the like of China and Russia.
 
i am unfortunately old enough to remember MAD. and that reagan thought we could "win" a nuclear war. i guess that meant he (and the psychic in his employ) would still be alive afterwards.

ugh, thanks for reminding about the nightmares i had as a kid.
 
i think North Korea having a decent missile capability is in reality likely to decrease the chances of death and destruction. They know this, thats why they are so adamant to go ahead with it despite the criticism.
Especially with the branding of 'axis of evil' status.
Similar to Iran, they know that a capability to hit back at any potential "liberator" is a major deterral.
 
Chronik Fatigue said:
^^ Word

The far greater threat to world peace is the US' unilaterlal actions in undermining the nuclear non-proliferation treaty through its missile defence shield, development of low-yield nuclear weapons, and its endorsement of non-signatories testing nuclear weapons, like India. If people think this is a threat then maybe they should consider the consequences should the US' arrogant disregard of the ONLY international framework for combatting nuclear weapons trigger an arms race with the like of China and Russia.

I totally agree, people should be much more concerned about what the US is doing at the moment then if N Korea MIGHT be able to produce a couple of low yield, Hiroshima size bombs in the next fucking decade or so. As I said before, the idea of N Korea being as much of a threat as the US government would have you believe-even if they did have a couple of primitive nukes-is a joke.

What gets me even more is when people buy into it, like "oh oh, we're in trouble now"! Like just because they have the bomb clearly means that there's a really good chance that they'll just use it willy-nilly and totally unprovoked! It's absurd! Once again, if you were around during the Cold War you'd remember how this was EXACTLY the way the Soviets were portrayed by the west. In reality-and as we know now-they had about as much intention of ever using nuclear weapons in an unprovoked attack as the west did. It's propaganda guys, use your powers of logic and open your eyes.

michael said:
i am unfortunately old enough to remember MAD. and that reagan thought we could "win" a nuclear war. i guess that meant he (and the psychic in his employ) would still be alive afterwards.

ugh, thanks for reminding about the nightmares i had as a kid.

Pure propaganda, I highly doubt Reagan ever really believed that. Yeah, I remember that being a frightening period as well, strange times…
 
i can sniff war.

NK is pushing the envelope.

i suppose desperate people...do desperate things.

NK's actions are only going to isolate her further...it's a purely a game of brinkmanship.

where this ends is anybody's guess. but, in an ordinary society....."lunatics are eventually incapacitated".

i hate to think where this is going to end. :(
 
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