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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 paul248 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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

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

      --
      You're thinking small. Why miniaturize the laser, when we could instead enlarge the sharks? -John Searle
  2. Re:Silly Koreans by MacColossus · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  3. 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?

  4. 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.

  5. 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.