North Korea Launches Missle

[Antares]

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea defiantly carried out a provocative rocket launch Sunday that the U.S., Japan and other nations suspect was a cover for a test of its long-range missile technology.
Liftoff took place at 11:30 a.m. (0230GMT) Sunday from the coastal Musudan-ri launch pad in northeastern North Korea, the South Korean government said. In Washington, the State Department also confirmed the launch.
The rocket flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean, the Japanese broadcaster NHK said, citing its government.
"Our primary concern is to confirm safety and gather information," Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso told a news conference at his Tokyo office Sunday.
Resisting calls from President Barack Obama, Aso and Hu Jintao of China to call off the launch, North Korea had announced Saturday that preparations were complete to send communications satellite Kwangmyongsong-2 on a multistage rocket bound for the skies over Japan.
Tokyo deployed warships and Patriot missile interceptors off its northern coast to shoot down any debris that the North said might fall over the area.
U.S. and South Korean warships equipped with missile interceptors also plied the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan to monitor the launch.
Russia, meanwhile, scrambled fighter jets to its Far East in case any debris hits its territory, Russian news reports said.
North Korea pushed ahead with the launch despite mounting international pressure to cancel a liftoff Obama warned Friday would be a "provocative" act.
South Korea, the U.S. and Japan said earlier in the week they would take North Korea to the U.N. Security Council for an act they say is banned under a 2006 resolution barring Pyongyang from ballistic activity.


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So, if this was really a satellite why the hell did it land in the Pacific???

[Gumleaf]

north korea are lying bastards. need i say any more?

[ShatteredWings]

So, if this was really a satellite why the hell did it land in the Pacific???
maybe their people are that bad

or of course, it's a huge lie. which is more probabal

[Requin]

Hmmm, things like this don't make me feel much better...I hear the new cold war in the distance.

[Sage]

Hmmm, things like this don't make me feel much better...I hear the new cold war in the distance.

Psh, don't make me laugh, as though North Korea is even comparable to the power of Soviet Russia. This doesn't worry me much. I already knew North Korea is a dangerous country.

[Requin]

Yeah I just hate the countries leaders. Their whole...arrogance to it all.
They'll do this, deny it, give some pathetic excuse and not give a toss.

And they'll meet up with other leaders of the world and grin ridiculously...I hate politicans.

[Neverender]

So, if this was really a satellite why the hell did it land in the Pacific???

well it was probably made by children in a sweatshop in Korea, so it was poorly made..

[Sugaree]

To be honest, after this, I am scared shitless. I now that I seem like a coward, but I just fucking despise Kim Jong Il. I agree with Deschain, that North Korea will never be equal enough to power like Soviet Russia, but it should be something to pay attention to when they have the capability of making nuclear weapons and launching them at this nation.

[Underground_Network]

^^ Matt, do you not understand that nuclear missiles are A) easy to track and B) don't move at the speed of light? They can be shot down and terminated in other ways. If this country gets [successfully] nuked, it will NOT be at the hands of North Korea. That and with where technology is today, nukes don't scare me that much. There are things MUCH, MUCH WORSE than nuclear weapons out there... Though it will be interesting to see what happens with this situation. I'm anxious to see what the UN decides about NK's actions.

[Mzor203]

It would take many nuclear missiles like that to hit the U.S., especially as they had satelites monitoring the launch area, and other defences to pick it off.

I'm have a 'meh' attitude towards this. I knew it'd launch, I knew nothing was going to happen,and it didn't. Not to say that it's ok, it's not, just nothing to get scared over.