Posted on 02/12/2017 10:32:22 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
(2nd LD) N. Korea claims successful test of medium-range ballistic missile
2017/02/13 08:17
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has claimed it successfully test-launched a new medium-range ballistic missile that is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, the country's state-run media said Monday.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the Pukguksong-2 strategic weapon system was successfully test-fired Sunday. It added that the missile launched from a mobile launcher used solid propellants and a new high-thrust engine developed in the country. The missiles also proved it can engage in evasive maneuvers during flight, the North said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was present for the launch and stressed that with the Pukguksong-2, Pyongyang now has another means to deliver nuclear weapons. The country has tested a total of five nuclear devices since 2006, with two being detonated last year.
The missile was launched at a high angle to take the security of the neighboring countries into consideration. The test-fire proved the reliability and security of the surface launch system, and the new engine, the news agency said.
"Now our rocket industry has radically turned into high thrust solid fuel-powered engine from liquid fuel rocket engine and rapidly developed into a development- and creation-oriented industry, not just copying samples," Kim was quoted as saying by the KCNA in English.
The development of the new strategic weapon system will allow the People's Army to perform its duties most accurately and rapidly in any space: "under waters or on the land," Kim said.
The communist regime leader ordered the development of a surface-to-surface ballistic missile with extended firing range on the basis of the success made in the submarine-launched ballistic missile test in August last year, it said.
On Sunday, South Korea said it detected a modified Musudan type intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) being fired from Banghyon air base in the western province of North Pyongan Province at 7:55 a.m. South Korea's military said the missile was fired at a high angle and reached a height of 550 kilometers and then flew about 500 km before splashing into the East Sea.
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I bet NK targets the ISS as soon as it can.
Either he’s taken out, or he gets bolder.
Hu,
I think we should just start shooting them down as soon as they are blasted off.
Thanks Tiger
Someone with a full set of balls is gonna have to deal with North Korea before they nuke Japan/Hawaii/California.
Understand that N. Korea is a puppet state of China. Everything they do is either a statement from China, a challenge from China or a response from China.
Interestingly this week Trump reaffirmed the one China policy.
I think this means the flight was erratic and they want an excuse for that.
Think “lie”.
Is that pronounced Puke-Gook-Song?
I was thinking “fake news” - unquestioned by the mainstream media because our socialist journalists like and admire North Korea.
I saw the launch - it looked like a submarine launch on dry land... or maybe that’s normal. Strange.
Either way... “Ballistic” missile = No maneuvering.
Definition of ballistic missile
: a missile guided in the ascent of a high-arch trajectory and freely falling in the descent
Ballistic missiles may have a maneuverable “bus” that carries the warheads, or they may carry maneuverable warheads. I’m skeptical on how advanced KN missiles are, but their claim of maneuvers “during the flight” could theoretically have been during the bus phase or later in flight, if Barack Hussein sold them the necessary technology. [I suspect they are just lying, since NK socialists are very much like our socialists, but it could be true.]
Such as a MIRV platform? Probably not what the Norks were boasting about.. At any rate, that system is not reactive. Yes, some maneuvering of the post-apogee trajectory can be accomplished, but not in response to an external threat.
I’m confident that “Lies” covers it.
“Pukguksong”?! They actually named an innocent new missile “Pukguksong”?! Don’t they know how cruel we can be to a new missile with a funny name on its first day at school! What are the lyrics to the Puk Guk song, anyway?
Puk Guk of North Korea,
Long may you threaten the West
I bet Donald Trump is quaking
Now that you’ve passed your first test.
From Japan all the way to Greece
They will beg us Norkies, preeeece!
Don’t fire your Puk Guk missile at meeee!
Puk is not a thing that hockey players hit
Guk is not a thing that kids don’t want to eat
It means nothing at all,
But that’s what our missile’s called.
It’s Korean for you white boys are scared shit
So surrender and admit your defeeeeet.
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