North Korean rocket launch

[ApfelGanja]

After a failed launch in April, Pyongyang (NK capital) has announced on 02/12 that they will launch a second missile shortly. As a response, Japan deployed offensive Patriot SAM's (surface-to-air missiles (same as the ones in Turkey)) in order "to battle a perceived threat from the planned North Korean rocket launch".

Russia has urged North Korea to revise its decision on the satellite rocket launch but it seems the warnings did not go heeded as on Wednesday morning, Pyongyang claimed the Unha-3 rocket successfully delivered a scientific satellite Kwangmyongsong-3 into orbit.

The US branded the launch a “highly provocative act that threatens regional security.”

The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea’s rocket launch in a short statement following an emergency meeting, saying that “an appropriate response” is now being considered.

North Korea will face “consequences” for the launch, a US spokesman warned. The White House called the rocket launch a “highly provocative act that threatens regional security” earlier this Wednesday.

Seoul has strongly condemned the launch as a violation of UN resolutions, with the South Korean president calling for an emergency meeting over the issue.

The United States and the United Nations have expressed concern that North Korea may be testing its missile technology to see if it could be used to eventually strike the US. This is Pyongyang’s second attempt at such a launch this year. The South Korean government estimates that Pyongyang spent some $1.3 billion over the year to conduct the two tests.

“I am afraid that the United States is going to step back, talk less, isolate more… And it is really necessary that we not overreact to this launching of a satellite, but that we say this is a cause and a reason to sit down finally and put an end to this war,” lawyer and peacemaker Sirotkin pointed out.

[Xander]

Just some more news snippets.

 

virtualXTC writes with news that North Korea, in defiance of international pressure to halt development and testing of long-range weaponry, launched a multi-stage rocket which successfully followed its intended trajectory. The North Korean government claims a weather satellite was placed into orbit. "South Korea has confirmed the launch time, and Japan has confirmed that the rocket went over Okinawa. Two stages of the rocket have successfully avoided other countries and fallen into the sea. While it is still unconfirmed as to whether or not North Korea actually put a satellite into orbit, it seems clean that sanctions have failed to curb North Korea's quest for more powerful weaponry."

 

Source: http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/12/12/0428239/north-korea-launches-long-range-rocket?sbsrc=md

 

"After failing on numerous occasions, North Korea has finally put a satellite in orbit. But according to US officials, it is now 'tumbling out of control.' This is bad news, and more bad news, covered in a double layer of extra bad news. From the article: 'According to US officials, it appears that North Korea's new satellite has failed to achieve a stable orbit and is now "tumbling out of control." The greatest danger is the threat of it colliding with another satellite, adding to the growing debris field around the earth.' A separate Gizmodo article provides links for tracking the current location of the satellite."

 

source: http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/12/13/0033247/north-koreas-satellite-is-out-of-control

[ApfelGanja]

Just some more news snippets.

 

virtualXTC writes with news that North Korea, in defiance of international pressure to halt development and testing of long-range weaponry, launched a multi-stage rocket which successfully followed its intended trajectory. The North Korean government claims a weather satellite was placed into orbit. "South Korea has confirmed the launch time, and Japan has confirmed that the rocket went over Okinawa. Two stages of the rocket have successfully avoided other countries and fallen into the sea. While it is still unconfirmed as to whether or not North Korea actually put a satellite into orbit, it seems clean that sanctions have failed to curb North Korea's quest for more powerful weaponry."

 

Source: http://news.slashdot...rocket?sbsrc=md

 

"After failing on numerous occasions, North Korea has finally put a satellite in orbit. But according to US officials, it is now 'tumbling out of control.' This is bad news, and more bad news, covered in a double layer of extra bad news. From the article: 'According to US officials, it appears that North Korea's new satellite has failed to achieve a stable orbit and is now "tumbling out of control." The greatest danger is the threat of it colliding with another satellite, adding to the growing debris field around the earth.' A separate Gizmodo article provides links for tracking the current location of the satellite."

 

source: http://science.slash...-out-of-control

I can understand NK. In simple terms, they're being bullied by big countries such as the US and one way for them to stop/prevent that is to get nuclear weapons, which will greatly improve their military capability and probably make them feel good about their level of technology and such.

[Xander]

I can understand NK. In simple terms, they're being bullied by big countries such as the US and one way for them to stop/prevent that is to get nuclear weapons, which will greatly improve their military capability and probably make them feel good about their level of technology and such.

 

It should be noted that they are pissing off a lot of countries. If their satellite is "tumbling our of control" then one should wonder whether the US or another country is responsible for this or not. Let's just wait to see whether new sanctions will be put in place against NK.

[b0rR*4cHo]

After a failed launch in April, Pyongyang (NK capital) has announced on 02/12 that they will launch a second missile shortly.

 

I am confused it is now December 2012. Did they launch another rocket and this time it was more successful and the date is just wrong?

[slenderman]

lol'd @ kwangmyongsong

 

I can't possibly be the only one that laughed at that.

[KevinBacon]

I am confused it is now December 2012. Did they launch another rocket and this time it was more successful and the date is just wrong?

 

Lrn 2 European

[ApfelGanja]

Lrn 2 European

I am confused it is now December 2012. Did they launch another rocket and this time it was more successful and the date is just wrong?

They launched a rocket in April which failed. Now on the 12/12/12 they launched a new one.