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North Korea Missile Launch Fails

Posted by timothy on 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.'"

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  1. ... lol. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fail.

    1. Re:... lol. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      There's enough BS in your post to solve world hunger.

    2. Re:... lol. by paul248 · · Score: 5, Funny

      What is it with people and nuking Japan? Isn't twice more than enough?

    3. Re:... lol. by Myrcutio · · Score: 3, Funny

      that's an interesting way to threaten someone.

      "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

    4. Re:... lol. by PachmanP · · Score: 5, Funny

      Obviously not. We nuked them once, and they just came back with more tentacle porn.

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  2. Such a simple thing... by russotto · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'd think even North Korea could get a missile launch right. I mean, it's not rocke...err, oh yeah, nevermind.

  3. Re:Silly Koreans by MacColossus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not to be confused with ICBM's. :-)

  4. They should have asked Iran by Anonymous Coward · · 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!

  5. PROPAGANDA by linhares · · Score: 4, Funny

    How do you know that's true if you're not reading the official North Kolea Blog?

  6. Re:Opportunity by physicsphairy · · Score: 3, 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. ;)

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  7. Re:How long is this gonna go on? by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how many years this regime has left in it. I mean, it can't last forever. They're pissing away all their money on that massive army, and living on handouts from the likes of China.

    Are you talking about North Korea, or the USA?

  8. Glorious Success! by Auzzie · · 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.

  9. Re:Wrong by AlexBirch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tests aren't failures as long as you learn from them.
    Can you tell that to Dr. Boldyrev, my chemistry professor?

  10. Re:Opportunity by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 4, 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?

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  11. Re:Failure in what sense? by S-100 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then maybe Japan should change its flag so that it looks less like a bullseye.