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North Korea Launches Two Midrange Missiles, Both Tests Fail (cnn.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the better-luck-next-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes: According to South Korean Defense Ministry officials, North Korea fired two midrange Musudan missiles Thursday, and both missiles appear to have failed. The military cannot confirm exactly when the missile exploded but said it "crashed shortly after it was launched," a Defense Ministry official said. U.S. military officials said the missiles traveled an estimated 200 meters from the launchpad. This past weekend, North Korea launched a ballistic missile from a submarine off the east cost of the Korean peninsula. It only traveled about 30 km, well short of the 300 km range that would be considered a successful test. A little more than a week prior to that launch, North Korea failed to launch an intermediate-range missile on the 104th anniversary of the birthday of the country's 'eternal president,' Kim II Sung.

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  1. Like a shithouse rat by rmdingler · · Score: 0, Troll
    We seem to have our priorities confused. We can find the energy to go to war in the Middle East, apparently, time and time again.

    We meddle in the affairs of other sovereign nations, often to our own detriment.

    Yet, we have seemingly no interest in freeing the North Korean people (and the world) from this attention-seeking child.

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  2. He did succeed by meglon · · Score: 0, Troll

    He succeeded in inducing more fear into the cowardly neo-cons in the US so he can derive power from their hysterics. Lets face it, he also lost a sub within the last 6 weeks, and before that was that "nuclear bomb" test that actually wasn't.... but the Pavlovian response from the cowards here in the US will still be the same.... "he's the end of the world!!11!1!1!1"

    Seriously you have complete cowards even on this site arguing that the US needs to piss away billions of dollars ever year on military programs that absolutely do not work purely because they're cowards, and this little shrimp just said "Booo!" So yes, he succeeded... he scared the little cowards who are already afraid of everything including their own shadow; and that is how he wins.

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    1. Re:He did succeed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      Have you ever spoken to a veteran of the Korean War? I realize you are young and naive, but please review your history of the last century and see whether it is better to prevent wars through strength or to later lose millions of lives in a terrible war