North Korea Launches Rocket
Source: MSNBC
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korea launched a long-range rocket early Friday, U.S. officials confirmed.
The White House said it would issue a statement, NBC News reported.
The launch, which North Korea's neighbors and the West say is a disguised ballistic missile test, will take a three-stage rocket over a sea separating the Korean peninsula from China before releasing a weather satellite into orbit when the third stage fires over waters near the Philippines
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Oh boy. Little pajama boy jr. flexing his muscles.
one_voice
(20,043 posts)here we go....
neverforget
(9,436 posts)"It got off the launch pad and then broke apart."
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)F
denbot
(9,901 posts)With all the treasure we blew on energy weapons I hope we are able to deploy something that would disrupt a launch..
nolabear
(41,991 posts)DFW
(54,436 posts)Great, so these kooks can finally send a rocket into space, but can't be bothered to figure out how to feed their own people?
Who's their economic adviser, Mitt Romney?
24601
(3,962 posts)DFW
(54,436 posts)"Und I'm learning Chinese," says Wernher von Braun..........
24601
(3,962 posts)who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun."
unionworks
(3,574 posts).... when my "Long Dong" explodes prematurely.....
Daniel537
(1,560 posts)and i didn't even get a damn shirt."
denbot
(9,901 posts)HR over there lacks bounderies.
BadtotheboneBob
(413 posts)... It will not go well for them, I'm sure.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)MineralMan
(146,325 posts)FAIL!
Proles
(466 posts)Maybe it was somehow destroyed by undercover sabotage or some remarkable laser technology. Either way, it's an amusing fail on their part.
brooklynite
(94,718 posts)joshcryer
(62,276 posts)(Despite being utter failures.)
24601
(3,962 posts)ain't the perfect poster boy for convincing everyone they need more food.
BadtotheboneBob
(413 posts)What a nightmare the DPRK is.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Fastcars
(204 posts)We were told to expect this outcome by a retired Air Force colonel the other day.