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| North Korea plans "satellite launch" in April |
| 2012-03-16 |
| North Korea plans to launch an "earth observation" satellite using a carrier rocket in April, according to their official news agency, a move that would potentially violate U.N. Security Council demands. The announcement could also threaten a deal struck with the U.S. last month with the United States in which Pyongyang agreed to halt nuclear tests, long-range missile launches and enrichment activities in exchange for food aid. Previous satellite launches by North Korea have been widely viewed as ballistic missile test launches in disguise. The last so-called satellite launch, in April 2009, was condemned by the U.N. Security Council, saying it breached a resolution forbidding North Korea from conducting "missile-related activities." The Security Council demanded that North Korea not conduct any further launches. The official news agency reported Friday that the planned launch, scheduled for between April 12 and April 16, is to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung. The centenary of his birth is a huge event in the North Korean calendar. The Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite will be "blasted off southward" from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in the western province of North Phyongan, according to the official report, adding that "a safe flight orbit has been chosen so that carrier rocket debris to be generated during the flight would not have any impact on neighboring countries." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #7 Which way will they launch, round the world or only as far as America before a "Major Breakown" and the satlite "Falls" iuto the LA basin? Sounds like a trial run to me. Shoot it down over the Pacific if westward, or over the Atlantic if eastward. BUT SHOOT IT DOWN. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-03-16 21:49 |
| #6 Wehell, the US now affirms that the Norkie rocket launch may break the US-DPRK food deal. Personally, I'm not convinced - as times before, IMO the DPRK's NucProg is as much agz domination or annexation of North Korea by China as agz anyone else, espec vee the non-Kim ruled, pro-democracy South. PYONGYANG IS HUNGRY FOR NORCOM + DPRK-N-ONLY-DPRK IDEO, GEOPOL CREDIBILITY. Truth be told, its in South Korea's [+ US, Nippon] to let the North have Nukes. A few decades of grass-eating can do that to a country. FAILURE OF MAINLAND CHINA TO FORMALLY INTEGRATE + RE-UNIFY WID TAIWAN = CHINA'S GONNA KEEP NORTH KOREA "AS IS", OR ELSE ANNEX IT. Again, by most accounts the new SIno-DPRK FTAS will onlt expand China's influence + control oer the DPRK, NOT LESSEN IT. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-03-16 21:33 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: Crinens Jeque2850 2012-03-16 21:12 |
| #4 Let me guess: it will fail to achieve orbit and the 'payload' will land somewhere near L.A. ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-03-16 10:44 |
| #3 And Lord Sunset actually thought North Korea would keep its side of the food for concessions deal? |
| Posted by: Korora 2012-03-16 09:17 |
| #2 SM3 from the Pacific - take it out |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-03-16 08:07 |
| #1 As per BREAKING NEWS > Japan/Nippon is claiming that the missle launch does indeed violate the UN mandate agz North Korea. versus * BIG NEWS NETWORK > {Terror] EXPERT WARNS OF NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR BOMB. South Korea is unlikely to escape the Regional + International ramifications, espec Military, if one or more DPRK-supplied Terror NucBomb(s) goes off in CONUS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-03-16 02:37 |