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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Sun Feb 7, 2016, 06:02 PM Feb 2016

North Korean Rocket Puts Object Into Space, Angers Neighbors, U.S.

Source: Reuters

North Korea drew renewed international condemnation and the threat of more sanctions on Sunday after launching a long-range rocket in defiance of United Nations rules just weeks after it carried out a nuclear bomb test.

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South Korea and the United States said they would explore whether to deploy an advanced missile defense system in South Korea "at the earliest possible date."

The U.S. Strategic Command said it had detected a missile entering space, and South Korea's military said the rocket had put an object into orbit.

North Korea said the launch of the satellite Kwangmyongsong-4, named after late leader Kim Jong Il, was a "complete success" and it was making a polar orbit of Earth every 94 minutes. The launch order was given by his son, leader Kim Jong Un, who is believed to be 33 years old.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-satellite-idUSKCN0VG00H

So it seems the launch was successful. Troubling, indeed...

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North Korean Rocket Puts Object Into Space, Angers Neighbors, U.S. (Original Post) Purveyor Feb 2016 OP

I don't know why South Korea is so worried about this Reter Feb 2016 #1

I'm skeptical. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #2

So you think the U.S. Strategic Command and Japan's military are wrong? eom Purveyor Feb 2016 #3

"the threat of more sanctions...." - hell, what's left that we could cut off? groundloop Feb 2016 #4

North Korean Rocket Puts Object Into Space, Angers Neighbors, U.S. yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #5

Reter

(2,188 posts)

1. I don't know why South Korea is so worried about this

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 06:08 PM

Feb 2016

North Korea already has nukes. They don't need ICBM's to reach South Korea, they could launch them with conventional missile technology. The United States and other countries abroad should be much more concerned.

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

2. I'm skeptical.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 06:23 PM

Feb 2016

North Korea's previous rockets failed long before reaching the upper atmosphere. And now all of a sudden they put one in orbit? Their military ambitions are worrisome, but I think we're overstating their current capabilities.
In any case, we've got assets all over...ground forces in S Korea, airbases in S Korea Guam etc, carriers, subs. If North Korea makes any kind of attack on the US or allies, the retaliatory strike will be severe....like 'North Korea will cease to exist' level of severity.