North Korea Finalising Launch Preparations

[Elvis]

this is like crysis except worse graphics :\

[Ferien]

I don't think the world would be as nervous as it is if they knew it was only blowing smoke. We have very little intel of whats going on inside the country - especially when it comes to weapons. Your scenario is likely, but i dont think the alternative should be ignored

I don't think anyone was nervous, just irritated. The last time NK did this we basically told them that if they did it again we were cutting off all trade/aid/whateverwegivethem, yet here they are waving their dicks again.

[Kerberoz]

Well that was boring...

[Shalyn]

Eh well now they're PLAYING MUSIC... I'm sure all their citizens with XM radio are grooving to it right now. Oh wait...

[Plow]

North Korean space photoshops inc!


NK: Satellite in Orbit After Successful Launch

[Khamsin]

And now we have an NK satellite in orbit, chilling with everybody elses.

I wonder if the UN will sanction a missile launch to take it down, after the fact. I'd like to see NK's response to that one.

[Guitarman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LZQ5t8PLJ4

[Plow]

And now we have an NK satellite in orbit, chilling with everybody elses.

I wonder if the UN will sanction a missile launch to take it down, after the fact. I'd like to see NK's response to that one.

That would hinge on them actually being able to get a satellite into space, which they can't, and didn't.


Like I said, North Korean space photoshops inc.

[The Stig]

North Korean space photoshops inc!


NK: Satellite in Orbit After Successful Launch

Lol... 3 comments on there being:

zeth06 (69.235.157.183) 04-05-2009 17:03
It's true that nations with nuclear aspirations often exchange rocket propulsion technology. There's always a possibility that NK may have borrowed rocket technology from other countries. But I'm willing to wait until more data and analysis of the rocket's proportions, schematics, and dimensions are at least roughly mapped out. It's not difficult for engineers to identify a rocket's origins and influences from closer study.

humblehard1 (118.222.193.134) 04-05-2009 16:59
Congratulations and I truly wish that you use it for real true peacefull purpose. Putting in orbit is not to say its successfull. The data feedback from it for the purpose of its launch is when its termed as successfull launch. It will take atleast 72 hours to send teh perfect data. Good luck for that but launch in first try is successfull shows its not entirely indigenous one.Surely China has hand in it.

zeth06 (69.235.157.183) 04-05-2009 16:55
Oh yay. Go NK. Go Commies. Boo freedom. Let's break out the glasses and champagne. Throw in the caviar. (Words of a Communist, pro-NK, KJI-loving, homosexual, self-loathing, guilt-ridden, married dude) =-)

[Khamsin]

That would hinge on them actually being able to get a satellite into space, which they can't, and didn't.


Like I said, North Korean space photoshops inc.

At which stage did the rocket go down? And where? The boosters went down in the Sea of Japan and further into the ocean around Japan, but that means the main part of it made it past... to somewhere.

[Plow]

At which stage did the rocket go down? And where? The boosters went down in the Sea of Japan and further into the ocean around Japan, but that means the main part of it made it past... to somewhere.

You're assuming there was actually a satellite on it in the first place, and that they actually tried to send it into orbit.

[Beckwin]

the trajectory was confirmed by south korea as an orbital attempt; the dispute now is whether or not NK actually got a satellite into orbit or not. NK says yes, SK is saying no.

[Viena]

Russia says yes.

[Wintermute]

The Beeb says no.

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | North Korea space launch 'fails'

North Korea failed in its attempt to get a satellite into space after a rocket launch early on Sunday, US and South Korean officials say.

Two stages of the rocket and its payload landed in the Pacific Ocean, a US military statement said.

Hours earlier North Korea claimed the satellite had successfully been put into orbit and was transmitting data.

The United States, Japan and South Korea suspect the launch was a cover for a long-range missile test.

They strongly condemned the launch. US President Barack Obama urged Pyongyang to "refrain from further provocative actions".

"North Korea broke the rules once more by testing a rocket that could be used for a long-range missile," Mr Obama told a crowd in the Czech capital, Prague.

"This provocation underscores the need for action - not just this afternoon at the UN Security Council, but in our determination to prevent the spread of these weapons."

The Security Council approved a Japanese request for the emergency session.

Washington, Tokyo and Seoul regard the launch as a clear violation of Security Council resolution 1718 adopted in October 2006, which bans North Korea from carrying out ballistic missile activity.

[Senoska]

lol. "Oh shit... did they see it go down? Fuck it, just say it made it and that it's working, they'll have to believe us.."

[Khamsin]

You're assuming there was actually a satellite on it in the first place, and that they actually tried to send it into orbit.

Satelitte or no, orbital attempt or no, something physical was launched and it dropped it's boosters in the Sea of Japan and again into the Pacific Ocean.

So that means the main part of it made it past... to somewhere. How far did it go, and where did the main part of it go down?

[Shalyn]

"Oh oops, our bad, guess we're just not good enough to make satellites... where did it land again? *whispers move it 12 degrees more North this time* Ahem as we were saying.."

[Boyiee]

Satelitte or no, orbital attempt or no, something physical was launched and it dropped it's boosters in the Sea of Japan and again into the Pacific Ocean.

So that means the main part of it made it past... to somewhere. How far did it go, and where did the main part of it go down?

"Two stages of the rocket and its payload landed in the Pacific Ocean, a US military statement said. "

Apparently according to another site, some of it landed int he sea of japan (1 stage or boosters whatever) and another stage or the payload landed PAST japan into the pacific, so it cleared japan basically. I'm assuming that the "main payload" part means that there was no more to the rocket other than the 2 stages or whatever these reports are reporting so vaguely.

[0ni0n]

I wouldn't necessarily label the launch a failure since NK government has everything to gain and nothing to lose. It's mainly a demonstration that they have the delivering capacity to nuke anywhere in Japan should they develop nukes later. Plus, people inside NK have no way of knowing whether it "failed" or crashed prematurely, and they would just have to take their government's word for it that it was a successful test. Obviously for now, they are only concerned with distance, how far the ICBM can reach, than accuracy. I highly doubt that they will be able to develop indigenous precision technology to deliver a ICBM packed with a sufficient payload without external help. That said, all this is just grant gestures and will come to no futility.