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N Korea rocket launch reportedly fails
LA Times ^ | April 12, 2012 | 4:22 pm | staff

Posted on 04/12/2012 4:42:54 PM PDT by gandalftb

North Korea launched a three-stage rocket from a missile base near the west coast city of Sinuiju today, claiming that it was carrying a weather satellite of purely civilian use.

Its projected trajectory was almost due south on a course 150 miles east of Shanghai. The second stage of the rock was to splash down east of the Philippines, which prompted Manila to cancel northbound flights as a precaution.

Initial network news reports said the rocket failed during flight.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: epicfail; failepicfail; japan; northkorea; rocket; southkorea
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To: darrellmaurina

“people familiar with Asians can usually tell the difference”

My Chinese lady friend says I’m very good at that. And the effects of nutrition on height are interesting. A friend and his wife, both from Shanghai, are short, yet both their American-born daughters are over 6 feet! And abdo-lute stunners!


141 posted on 04/13/2012 12:04:12 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: ichabod1
It was simple speculation, not fact creation.

After the provocations committed by the NKs over the past few years a shootdown of their 'weather satellite' rocket would more likely be met with worldwide applause than condemnation.

142 posted on 04/13/2012 12:14:41 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: darrellmaurina
I've said it many times: If you want to make a car better, give it to the Asians. They'll make a thousand minuscule minor improvements because of their attention to details we never noticed, and the end result may be a better product. But don't expect Asia to have a Henry Ford who invented cars in the first place

I have noticed that too. BTW, will the Samsung 500 be aired in South Korea, since one of their biggest companies sponsors it?

Yes, they had the window blinds open because they were supposed to stay on the right route. They had no orders about taking the memory cards I bet. "Let their own media show the glories of the Kim empire" was probably what they were told.

143 posted on 04/13/2012 12:37:52 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; TigerLikesRooster

I was under the impression that Korea and the Chinese right over the Yallow River were pretty much the same people. Koreans even used the Chinese alphabet/writing until one of their Kings created a better one.

I understand its considered one of the best written languages even if the spoken language isn’t.

I also love watching Korean dramas online, with subtitles. With good subtitles... the bad ones are like Babelfish.

I wish more American girls looked like Park Shin-Hye!... er.. just saying.


144 posted on 04/13/2012 12:42:45 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Oh boy... if China gets too prosperous they won’t have room for the next generation of giants!

//sarcasm


145 posted on 04/13/2012 12:44:14 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
"Now they can hit a gnat’s a$$ in downtown LA. Thanks Bubba - you lying impeached treasonous SOB!"

Exactly right on mark!

The Clinton Cow in the China Shop - Part 1
12/7/2007 | Dagny D'Anconia
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949811/posts

146 posted on 04/13/2012 4:45:25 PM PDT by Mr Apple
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To: The Sons of Liberty; Dave346
Expensive China; the clinton legacy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1002866/posts
147 posted on 04/13/2012 4:50:08 PM PDT by Mr Apple
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To: GeronL
Which finally now -brings us to Korea and Obama:

"Loosening export controls (Obama moves oversight of selling missile technology to Commerce Dept.)"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363093/posts

148 posted on 04/13/2012 5:34:40 PM PDT by Mr Apple
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To: Mr Apple

did you know that our free trade pact with South Korea includes the Kaesong Industrial Zone in North Korea?? We had free trade with NK, kind of, before Japan... weird.


149 posted on 04/13/2012 5:40:12 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL
We had free trade with NK

No, I did not know this?

150 posted on 04/13/2012 5:47:25 PM PDT by Mr Apple
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To: Mr Apple

The Kaesong industrial area, read about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaesong_Industrial_Region

Included in the free trade pact!


151 posted on 04/13/2012 6:02:20 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Strategerist

I am guessing it probably blew during staging , or failed to stage right and crashed.


152 posted on 04/13/2012 8:09:15 PM PDT by Rca2000 ( Most Americans know more about "American idol" than about the american FLAG...)
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To: expat2

Com 64 had a 6510.


153 posted on 04/13/2012 10:57:41 PM PDT by umbagi
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To: gandalftb; AdmSmith; AmericanInTokyo; GeronL
New facts from Chosun Ilbo:

http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/04/14/2012041401181.html?news_Head1

Contrary to initial analysis,

(1) The rocket had explosion 80 seconds into flight at the altitude of 50km. It broke in two.

(2) The broken rocket still appeared to fly in one piece, until 2 min 15 sec into flight at which time two pieces started to separate at the altitude of 70.5 km. Initially experts believed that this was the time when the explosion occurred.

(3) In light of this new revelation, experts now believe that it is not the intentional abort or failure in the separation of 1st and 2nd stage boosters, which led to the breakup of the rocket, but the faulty design of 1st stage booster or a fuel leak.

154 posted on 04/14/2012 5:53:12 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: 444Flyer
obamapalinquestions

Cheers!

155 posted on 04/14/2012 8:07:32 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: cherokee1

Not easy to hit. Shielded from the Yellow (West) Sea by a mountain ridge between the Tongchanri launch site (pad and control center) and the sea. Makes a cruise missile strike difficult perhaps.


156 posted on 04/14/2012 8:55:00 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Study closely socialist Hugo Chavez' usage of 'popular masses' in the streets to thwart 1992 coup)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

YTN TV news from ROK tonight showing from yesterday: A- DPRK rocket trail upon ascent with high powered tracking optics, and, B- Unha-3 debris splashing down in the ocean. I am certain the ROK Navy and Coast Guard could retrieve debris. Next will come a DPRK underground nuke test, and, perhaps, series of rapid fired Scuds and Nodongs into Sea of Japan toward Japan to show off and ‘change the subject’. Not to mention, further purges over the screw up and international loss is face.


157 posted on 04/14/2012 9:03:57 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Study closely socialist Hugo Chavez' usage of 'popular masses' in the streets to thwart 1992 coup)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
Kim Jong-eun is no choice but to go down the slippery slope, because it is the only way out, but very dangerous one. He will end up hastening his demise. The boy probably needs lots of sedatives these days to keep himself going.
158 posted on 04/14/2012 9:26:09 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

They will retrieve most of debris, reassemble them and put it on display. It will attract lots of crowds, including military figures from many countries, including Israel.


159 posted on 04/14/2012 9:28:20 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Chicom TV (english) CCTV9 has been giving a lot of air time to Punky’s most excellent wocket adwenture-—Last night which would have been midday Saturday local time they reported both the ROKs and the Japanzees were out trash picking and that the ROKs had quite a few pieces awready. No mention so far that the NGooks were even looking-—probably couldn’t work it into their party schedule. Or maybe they’re a bit edgy about looking in someone elses water?


160 posted on 04/14/2012 11:17:22 AM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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