North Korea's Satellite Is Out of Control

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @12:39PM from the wobble-and-bobble dept.

Koreantoast writes "After failing on numerous occasions, North Korea has finally put a satellite in orbit. But according to US officials, it is now 'tumbling out of control.' This is bad news, and more bad news, covered in a double layer of extra bad news. From the article: 'According to US officials, it appears that North Korea's new satellite has failed to achieve a stable orbit and is now "tumbling out of control." The greatest danger is the threat of it colliding with another satellite, adding to the growing debris field around the earth.' A separate Gizmodo article provides links for tracking the current location of the satellite."

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Re:So what does the world do about it? by epyT-R · 2012-12-12 13:46 · Score: 1, Troll

oh shut up.. this reads like a NYT editorial piece, minus the grammar and overstuffed vocabulary. If NK started anything, the war would be quite short. I doubt even china would back them at this point. They're beholden to the US consumer just as much as the USA is in love with cheap garbage.
Re:How can this be? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-12 17:30 · Score: 0, Troll

"The North Korean people aren't just hungry, they are starving en-masse." ... Which has more to do with the siege the West has enforced for the last 60 years than their oddball leaders.