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Second North Korean missile launch ends in failure
American Thinker ^ | 04/28/2016 | Rick Moran

Posted on 04/28/2016 5:52:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

he South Korean defense ministry announced that an attempted test launch of a ballistic missile by North Korea ended when it exploded almost immediately after liftoff. The launch was the second test of the Musudan intermediate range missile in the last few days that ended in failure.

The South Koreans believe that the test was rushed in order to have some sort of technological success prior to a rare meeting of the Party Congress on May 6.

From Reuters:

"They are in a rush to show anything that is successful, to meet the schedule of a political event, the party congress," said Yang Uk, a senior research fellow at the Korea Defence and Security Forum and a policy adviser to the South Korean navy.

"They need to succeed but they keep failing. They didn't have enough time to fix or technically modify the system, but just shot them because they were in hurry," he said.

Thursday's apparent failure marks another setback for the North's young leader Kim Jong Un. A similar missile launched on the April 15 birthday of his grandfather, the country's founder, Kim Il Sung, exploded in what the U.S. Defense Department called a "fiery, catastrophic" failure.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: missile; nkmissiles; northkorea
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1 posted on 04/28/2016 5:52:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m sure the ground crew and top engineers were immediately executed.


2 posted on 04/28/2016 5:53:37 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wee Tu Lo !!!


3 posted on 04/28/2016 5:53:42 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: headstamp 2

Yup, the ultimate in taking responsibility.


4 posted on 04/28/2016 5:56:14 AM PDT by refermech
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To: SeekAndFind

North Korean rocket scientist has recently shot to the top of the most dangerous job list.


5 posted on 04/28/2016 5:56:19 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Col Frank Slade

Som Ting Wong...


6 posted on 04/28/2016 5:57:51 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Are there any engineers left to shoot?


7 posted on 04/28/2016 5:59:31 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Meanwhile, SpaceX not only launches rockets, they can land them too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEr9cPpuAx8

8 posted on 04/28/2016 6:09:05 AM PDT by Marko413
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They are left with Middle School science students. Kids who have a tree bark lunch are likely to make mistakes


9 posted on 04/28/2016 6:10:10 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: SeekAndFind

If Hillary gets elected she’ll make sure the Nork’s launches are successful. Just a little “contribution” to the Clinton Foundation will fix them right up.


10 posted on 04/28/2016 6:10:49 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: Marko413

They should hire bill clintoon as a consultant...he apparently helped the Chinese obtain advanced stabilizer technology.


11 posted on 04/28/2016 6:11:04 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: headstamp 2

Strapped to a rocket and fired?


12 posted on 04/28/2016 6:11:31 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: BigEdLB
Kids who have a tree bark lunch are likely to make mistakes

Yes! Someone else remembers the tree bark news story from many years ago.

13 posted on 04/28/2016 6:11:36 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.)
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To: Col Frank Slade

Sum Ting ,Wong


14 posted on 04/28/2016 6:11:50 AM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where's your brothers ElCamino ?)
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15 posted on 04/28/2016 6:12:35 AM PDT by JPG (Go Trump!)
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To: Col Frank Slade

Don’t laugh. Obama is only about three degrees from center on this guy. Obama just has a bigger economy and a loyal press which is also only about three degrees from being state run.


16 posted on 04/28/2016 6:17:53 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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17 posted on 04/28/2016 6:17:57 AM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: SeekAndFind

The recent cooking show was a huge success if Kim Jong Rolly Polly is any indication.


18 posted on 04/28/2016 6:23:01 AM PDT by armydawg505
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To: DungeonMaster
They are preparing for some more:

"We may have to go on an arduous march, during which we will have to chew the roots of plants once again," Source

19 posted on 04/28/2016 6:24:04 AM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: SeekAndFind

Whats weird is that South Korean TV says these tests are successful.


20 posted on 04/28/2016 6:31:05 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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