North Korea Missile Launch Fails 609
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timothy
from the one-of-the-strings-must-have-broken dept.
from the one-of-the-strings-must-have-broken dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Remember the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launch by the North Koreans last night? You know, the one that went over Japan and supposedly put a 'communications satellite' into orbit. Well, according to the US Northern Command and NORAD it has been a complete and utter failure, with the second stage and payload 'falling in the Pacific.'"
... lol. (Score:5, Funny)
Such a simple thing... (Score:5, Funny)
You'd think even North Korea could get a missile launch right. I mean, it's not rocke...err, oh yeah, nevermind.
Re:Silly Koreans (Score:5, Funny)
They should have asked Iran (Score:4, Funny)
Let me guess, they couldn't figure out how to get the Photoshop crack to work.
You have to overwrite the .dll file!
Fireworks (Score:2, Funny)
Given how much Kim likes to party these could just be really big fireworks.
Re:Opportunity (Score:2, Funny)
Is the Glomar Explorer still in service?
Re:Anyone find it? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Woo (Score:2, Funny)
GO KOLEA!
There.
PROPAGANDA (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Opportunity (Score:4, Funny)
The outcome of the test says a lot more about that than anything we would discover by forensic analysis (which is of course precisely why they were performing the test).
I'm sure you could put Kim Jong Il in a hissy-fit by saying you found it and were reverse engineering secret NK technology, however. ;)
Re:How long is this gonna go on? (Score:5, Funny)
Are you talking about North Korea, or the USA?
Re:Opportunity (Score:2, Funny)
I wouldn't be surprised if they dredge the thing out of the ocean only to find some North Korean expletive scrawled on the side - something like "screw you America, and your little submersible too!".
-AC
Re:Failure in what sense? (Score:3, Funny)
How funny would it be if they actually called their shot and put the vehicle down right where they told NATO they would.
And the free world news outlets are trumpeting the failure - all the while our generals are having aneurysms in the war room.
Glorious Success! (Score:5, Funny)
Far from a failure. North Korean Scientists put their satellite in an extremely low geosynchronous orbit!
A bit wetter than they thought it would be though.
Re:... lol. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wrong (Score:4, Funny)
Can you tell that to Dr. Boldyrev, my chemistry professor?
Re:Opportunity (Score:5, Funny)
assuming North Korea didn't include an auto-destroy mechanism onboard
If they did, they better hope it worked better the the rest of the mission.
Turns out, it IS rocket science! Who'da thunkit?
Re:PROPAGANDA (Score:2, Funny)
It's funny how much that reads like the Time Cube [timecube.com] website.
Maybe there's a connection? Perhaps we ARE educated stupid.
Re:Failure in what sense? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:... lol. (Score:3, Funny)
There's enough BS in your post to solve world hunger.
Re:Such a simple thing... (Score:3, Funny)
Well, in NK's defense, they did not expect SK to counter with the Lolcat Missle Defense System [motivatedphotos.com].
You just can't plan for something like that!
Re:PROPAGANDA (Score:3, Funny)
Oh wait, that was just the sound of a joke flying past.
Re:Failure in what sense? (Score:3, Funny)
How is this a failure? They launched an ICBM that cleared Japan before hitting the water, thus proving they now have the capability to deliver a nuclear strike against Japan.
They've been able to throw payloads as far as Japan for years [bbc.co.uk].
If you're defining "success" as "no progress since 1993", then yeah, this latest test is a success.
Which is funny, because that's exactly the definition the U.S. anti-ballistic-missile program has been using...
Re:... lol. (Score:5, Funny)
What is it with people and nuking Japan? Isn't twice more than enough?
Re:... lol. (Score:3, Funny)
"Hey, if you thought our satellite-rockets were lousy, wait til you see our nukes!"
At least the japanese nuclear radiation doesn't effect humans [imdb.com]
Re:... lol. (Score:5, Funny)