Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
It allegedly landed in the ocean, Japan didn't attempt to shoot it down or anything.-AC
Meh, your prediction seems right. This may blow over sooner than I expected.
Originally posted by BackFire
I just had a more eventful and successful launch in my pants.
Hahahahaha! One thing I don't doubt. Ever.
You should show Kim what a sucessful launch REALLY looks like.
Originally posted by LDHZenkai
You must not have read the CNN article about it, or watched any of the news coverage about it. S. Korea and Japan were the two nations protesting the most. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090403/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_missile
And south korea is frightened because they believe this is just a chance for N. Korea to show that they could launch a nuclear weapon if they wanted to. Why would any other nation than S. Korea and Japan care? This rocket isn't big enough to reach anywhere near the U.S., N. Korea doesn't have a re-entry method for their rockets even if it could, and N. Korea hasn't developed a rocket big enough for a nuclear warhead or a warhead small enough for said rocket. And I'm part japanese, jew, native american, and white. So i'm only a quarter old white guy (im 24). Oh and I'll pass on any rape. Homosexual love isn't my thing, but I'll defend your right to sleep with as many guys as you want.Sincerely,
Zenkai
No no, dude, I think you misunderstood my intentions. I wasn't being pissy with you. I was having fun.
So you don't think I was pulling shit out of my ass (what else would I pull out from there???), here's the info I was talking about:
"The reaction in South Korea has been anything but heated. There are certainly many people there who oppose the North Korean launch, including South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who said in London on Friday that he believed the North Koreans would go ahead with the launch. But Ed Reed, a representative of the Asia Foundation in Seoul, says the wider public in South Korea is not greatly concerned about it. Reed says he believes that the North Koreans are far more interested in sending a signal to the United States. It may also be, "a strong statement to their own people that their country has reached the level of an advanced state that can actually join the space age and the club of countries that launch satellites," he says."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102719292
See, I'm not crazy. 😄
And, again, why would South Korea be afraid of an ICBM?
Originally posted by dadudemon
No no, dude, I think you misunderstood my intentions. I wasn't being pissy with you. I was having fun.So you don't think I was pulling shit out of my ass (what else would I pull out from there???), here's the info I was talking about:
"The reaction in South Korea has been anything but heated. There are certainly many people there who oppose the North Korean launch, including South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who said in London on Friday that he believed the North Koreans would go ahead with the launch. But Ed Reed, a representative of the Asia Foundation in Seoul, says the wider public in South Korea is not greatly concerned about it. Reed says he believes that the North Koreans are far more interested in sending a signal to the United States. It may also be, "a strong statement to their own people that their country has reached the level of an advanced state that can actually join the space age and the club of countries that launch satellites," he says."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102719292
See, I'm not crazy. 😄
And, again, why would South Korea be afraid of an ICBM?
Oh I see. My point is that S. Korean politicians and the other people in the know about such things we're worried b/c they felt it was just N. Korea showing that they had the capacity for Nuclear warfare. It wasn't really a big deal to places like the U.S. b/c, as N. Korea just demonstrated, they do not have the capability to come anywhere near the U.S. Japan and S. Korea were worried b/c they are about the only places N. Korea could actually hit with these missiles. Also I don't like the NPR they have very biased reporting 🙂
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1663
Originally posted by LDHZenkai
Oh I see. My point is that S. Korean politicians and the other people in the know about such things we're worried b/c they felt it was just N. Korea showing that they had the capacity for Nuclear warfare. It wasn't really a big deal to places like the U.S. b/c, as N. Korea just demonstrated, they do not have the capability to come anywhere near the U.S. Japan and S. Korea were worried b/c they are about the only places N. Korea could actually hit with these missiles. Also I don't like the NPR they have very biased reporting 🙂
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1663
How is their bias regarding Israel and Palestine relevant here?
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
How is their bias regarding Israel and Palestine relevant here?
Originally posted by LDHZenkai
Oh I see. My point is that S. Korean politicians and the other people in the know about such things we're worried b/c they felt it was just N. Korea showing that they had the capacity for Nuclear warfare. It wasn't really a big deal to places like the U.S. b/c, as N. Korea just demonstrated, they do not have the capability to come anywhere near the U.S. Japan and S. Korea were worried b/c they are about the only places N. Korea could actually hit with these missiles. Also I don't like the NPR they have very biased reporting 🙂
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1663
I didn't start listening to NPR until about 2 years ago. I have noticed bias in every media source. I find NPR to be less biased than most.
Still, it doesn't change the fact that I'm not crazy. 😄
Originally posted by Bicnarok
Maybe the missile didn´t just fail and crash into the sea, but some "James Bond" like laser beam from space weapon took it out.It wouldn´t suprise me if the USA or other countries had such a weapon.
Originally posted by LDHZenkai
The U.S. does have modified Boeings with laser weapon systems for shooting down ICBM. This is also a good read:
Thanks for the link, very interesting.