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DPRK LAUNCH —overflying Akita Prefecture, Japan
japanese news ^
Posted on April 4, 2009 7:39:33 PM PDT by gaijin
getting details, breaking hard
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LEAD: N. Korean rocket launch imminent: report [Launched]
ap via Breitbart ^ | April 5, 2009 | Kyodo
Posted on April 4, 2009 7:19:04 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
North Korea has activated radar for its planned launch of what the country claims as a communications satellite, signaling that the launch is imminent, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said Sunday, quoting an unnamed South Korean source.
Yonhap also said South Korea’s presidential office convened a National Security Council meeting in a sign confirming the imminent launch. The presidential office earlier said the NSC will be convened only after an actual launch.
North Korea has announced that it would launch a satellite sometime between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. from Saturday to Wednesday.
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Official: North Korea fueling missile
UPI ^ | Apr 01, 2009 | N/a
Posted on April 1, 2009 9:36:12 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
North Korea has begun fueling a long-range missile it plans to launch soon, a senior U.S. military official said Wednesday. CNN reported North Korea could be in the final stages of its preparations to launch a satellite into space as early as this weekend.
The news network reported that other officials said the top portion of the rocket was put on very recently. Satellite imagery shows a shroud over the launch stage, preventing direct views of what the missile looks like.
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http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20090525-143699.html
“SKorea military forms crisis team after nuke test report”
Mon, May 25, 2009
AFP
SNIPPET: “SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea’s military on Monday formed a “crisis management” team of general-level officers after North Korea announced it had carried out a nuclear test, the defence ministry said.
“Top military officials led by the defence minister are holding an emergency meeting after forming a crisis management team,” a ministry spokesman said.
A spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff said troops were put on heightened alert “and are closely monitoring movement of North Korean troops.”
The JCS spokesman said Seoul had not yet officially confirmed the test “although it is highly possible.”
A National Security Council meeting chaired by President Lee Myung-Bak began at 1:00 pm (0400 GMT).
North Korea said it staged a “successful” underground nuclear test Monday which was more powerful than its previous test of an atomic bomb almost three years ago.”