Satellite spots activity at North Korean missile site, officials say(another ICBM test?)

CNN ^ | 05/29/09

[TigerLikesRooster]

Satellite spots activity at North Korean missile site, officials say

Story Highlights

NEW: Satellite spies "vehicle activity" at a ballistic missile site, U.S. officials say

NEW: North Korean Foreign Ministry blasts U.N. Security Council as "hypocrites"

North Korea test-fires sixth short-range missile this week, South Korean source says

Joint forces in South Korea elevate surveillance alert in response to North's threat

SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- U.S. satellite imagery has spotted "vehicle activity" at a North Korean ballistic missile site, two Defense Department officials said Friday.

This activity is similar to that before a long-range missile launch by North Korea earlier this year.

North Korea test-fired a short-range missile Friday off the country's east coast, a South Korean military source said. It would be the sixth such missile test since the country conducted a nuclear test Monday.

Also Friday, North Korea upbraided the U.N. Security Council for slamming its nuclear test, calling the members of the body "hypocrites" and warning of "stronger self-defense countermeasures" as the world body considers more sanctions against the country.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[happilymarriedmom]

How long before they are no longer just testing? Can they tell from watching them if it’s a test or the real thing?

[maquiladora]

At some point one of these won’t be a ‘test’.

[ConservativeMan55]

They’re going to continually test until we get complacent and then they’re going to shoot off the real deal.

[McGruff]

Hey Hillary. Why not you come inspect my palace?

[Concho]

No Balls Barry will become very agitated before he goes to play golf.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

After they hit the US or one of our allies Obama might get really upset and give NK a stern warning.

[tpmintx]

How long before PRK sends one of these missiles to Hawaii?

That would effectively end the debate about documentation of the location of the virgin birth of the one.

[null and void]

In other related news: Fox reported that samples of the dust plume from last week’s ‘nuclear test’ did not contain any fission by-products.

[TigerLikesRooster]

That's interesting. So what caused 4.5 earthquake?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Link?

[militant2]

“Ping!”

Nope...BOOM!!

Militant

[null and void]

Fox speculated massive amounts of TNT.

[null and void]

None yet.

[khenrich]

They’re going to continually test until we get complacent and then they’re going to shoot off the real deal.

I would suggest we are already complacent, that the 0 administration is more interested in saving union jobs in Detroit than they are saving millions of people in the world from the ravages of radioactive poisoning. Where is Hillary? Getting a manicure? Even Madeline Albright would have been front and center covering for Bill.

[maquiladora]

Doesn’t a nuclear explosion have a particular seismic signature that would look different from conventional explosives?

[alarm rider]

Even that nutwad Kim knows that shooting a nuke at anybody is suicide.

It’s blackmail to get what they want. Bambi will cave.

[silverleaf]

My bet’s on Japan for first strike. Hated by both the Koreas and China and relatively defenseless for a return strike.

Chia could kill Japanese, not Americans, putting Barry’s marxist world strategy team in a paroxysm of handwringing over moral equivalence and whether it is worth US and Korean civilian lives to defend an ally.

[null and void]

No idea. There is a distinct double-flash optical signature.

[Cheetahcat]

This toy box sized evil pit should have been nuked years ago but instead another DemocRat land mine is left for future generations of Americans to deal with and now we have Iran shaking it's fist also.. Special thanks Truman and Carter.

[agere_contra]

Good point, but wasn’t it an underground test?

I think Kim just blew up a paint factory or something.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

May 25, 2009

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON NORTH KOREA

“North Korea’s actions endanger the people of Northeast Asia, they are a blatant violation of international law, and they contradict North Korea’s own prior commitments.

Now, the United States and the international community must take action in response.”

[null and void]

Good point, but wasn’t it an underground test?

Yes. But underground tests "vent".

[null and void]

Oh. yeah. no optical signature on this one.

[SunkenCiv]

"That's alright -- I've got some partisan shills in the academic world, and they're FUDing up the place with claims that the size of the nuclear bomb my Korean brothers just tested wasn't that powerful. And these missile tests -- ever notice how the partisan media shills always report of 'limited success' or 'engine failure'? Bwa-ha-ha! I kill me!"

[Sig Sauer P220]

No Balls Barry will become very agitated before he goes to play golf.

Or eats his waffles.

[The Great RJ]

I would like to see Nancy Pelosi’s reaction when a North Korean missile splashes down in sight of the Golden gate or Obama’s if one lands just off the coast of Hawaii.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Tie her at the Golden Gate Bridge as a human shield. For Barry, tie him to the palm tree at the Waikiki Beach again as a human shield.

[SevenofNine]

HEre we go again folks

[dfwgator]

That's interesting. So what caused 4.5 earthquake?

Was Michael Moore over there at the time?

[romanesq]

They are going to blow their wad trying to get attention. Commander Zero is trying to ignore them.

So how far will North Korea go to get the “attention” they want? Will they just land up exporting it to Tehran for use elsewhere?

That’s where this is headed.

[romanesq]

Seismic signature? Perhaps, but they will confirm from air samples. It’s being tested now in New Mexico I think.

[GOPJ]

Seems like a rather large “fake”. What’s going on? Any guesses?

[TXnMA]

Not necessarily...

[TXnMA]

Anyone have coordinates — or a name — for this west coast launch site?