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| NKors fire Taepodong fizzle |
| 2006-07-04 |
 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. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #22 I think the Norks blinked and hit the self destruct. If they had launched full out and we shot it down it would have made their missile threat void at the same time guaranteed Japan, S Korea, the world to be begging to get under the US umbrella. This way they save face by not backing down and at the same time salvage their missile threat as possible just needing refinement. |
| Posted by: C-Low 2006-07-04 23:25 |
| #21 I beleive that the best response to this is to laugh and point. Turn it into a joke and watch bad hair Kim go totally crazy. The Koreans make a great deal about face and NK just lost face. |
| Posted by: Michael 2006-07-04 22:31 |
| #20 By this time tomorrow the MSM will have broadcast 487 interviews with Madeleine Notsobright explaining how these launches are the result of the failure of the evil Bush Administration to carry on with the ever-so-wunnferful negotiating strategy of the Clinton administration. |
| Posted by: Matt 2006-07-04 22:26 |
| #19 Excerpt from the speech I'd like to write for GWB: "The bottom line .... we could do this stuff 50 years ago with half of our military industrial complex tied behind our backs. While these clowns were making a bad attempt at amateur rocketry, we successfully launched people into space -- to work on a space station. How frickin cool is that? Unfortunately for the North Korean people, the only thing their inferior leaders are good at is killing their own countrymen by the million. Now if you'll excuse my, I need to go to a fireworks demonstrations to celebrate my vastly superior culture" That would be so cool. Seriously, these jerk-offs scare me less and less all the time. Don't pay any attention to them, or give them anything. Let Ronery boy's piece of crap country rot from within. |
| Posted by: Snoluns Ominter2681 2006-07-04 22:21 |
| #18 As I've said before, you have to be very careful about the SEALS on those things. [wink, wink, nudge, nudge] |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2006-07-04 20:50 |
| #17 I say everyone should send Kimmie-boy a box of viagra. Seems he -er- disfunctional. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-07-04 20:32 |
| #16 Hey, Anybody know where the Glomar Explorer is parked? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-04 20:14 |
| #15 Dave D - The guys at Cheyenne Mtn told Fox's Bret Baeir (sp?) there were 6 launches - posted long ago on the original thread... I love having 3 threads on the same story. |
| Posted by: Wheager Unutch9131 2006-07-04 19:55 |
| #14 Continued.... the NORKs founding date. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2006-07-04 19:55 |
| #13 I think the timing of the launch (the 4th) indicates that it was intended as a direct provocation. I would like to see us respond in kind on 9 Sep. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2006-07-04 19:54 |
| #12 Never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetance. Boosters have a tendency to do that, especially new ones still in test phase. How many did we go through before we got a Mercury up on top of an old Atlas? |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-07-04 19:54 |
| #11 ABC News says the NorKs launched a total of five missiles. WTF??? |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-07-04 19:50 |
| #10 The launch sequence was "Hey, y'all! Look what happens when I launch this! Hold my beer!" |
| Posted by: Fred 2006-07-04 19:33 |
| #9 Tomorrow's headline: NorK Dong Has Projectile Dysfunction |
| Posted by: ghostcat 2006-07-04 18:31 |
| #8 We should claim our super-secret weapon made it fizzle. Whether true or not, there's value in making the enemy worry. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2006-07-04 18:23 |
| #7 It didn't fail... it missed. Let loose the dogs of war, knock out a few key targets, wait for cease and desist letter, apologize later. Rinse and repeat. |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2006-07-04 18:18 |
| #6 Now, here's where a leak that we have operative's in thier rocket program could be valuble. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-07-04 18:17 |
| #5 Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Just Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. |
| Posted by: Thrineth Omineter2945 2006-07-04 18:07 |
| #4 I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to be a Nork rocket scientist right about now. I suspect failure to please His Poofithairedness could get quite unpleasant. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2006-07-04 17:59 |
| #3 I'm assuming we do have the capability to have done this deed, even if, this time, we didn't. |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-07-04 17:44 |
| #2 Test should have been good enough for the Aegis cruisers to get good radar analysis of the Ro Dongs and Taepo Dong. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-07-04 17:43 |
| #1 "...appeared to have failed in flight..." Failed? Or nailed by some kind of US boost-phase intercept ABM? Just wondering... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-07-04 17:40 |