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2006-07-05 China-Japan-Koreas

South Korea Says Taepodong-2 Launch Considered A Failure

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Posted by Fred 2006-07-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 arm japan now.

az ima seein it, theyz destint to be em last troo western culcher(japan)

ironik, aynt it...

Posted by muck4doo 2006-07-05 01:31|| http://evolvedamnyou.blogspot.com/]">[http://evolvedamnyou.blogspot.com/] 2006-07-05 01:31|| Front Page Top

#2 I hear rumors the Navy may have knocked it down, any confirmation?

Posted by BrerRabbit 2006-07-05 06:33|| 2006-07-05 06:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Gawd, even teenagers learn that rushing it results in a messy premature conclusion. Take your time, pace yourself Kimmie. And if you fear you might not be able to keep it up next time, there's always that little blue pill.

Posted by Slosing Glemble1381 2006-07-05 09:57|| 2006-07-05 09:57|| Front Page Top

#4 "Broken Dong"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-07-05 10:01|| 2006-07-05 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd fire it.

Posted by Kimmie 2006-07-05 10:28|| 2006-07-05 10:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Wouldn't be surprised if we took them out with the 747 ABL or possibly ship based version and are claiming it failed on it's own.

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2006-07-05 10:36|| 2006-07-05 10:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Early boost phase is the easiest time to take out a missle - they cannot be evasive or use decoys like warheads during the ballistic or reentry phases, they have not gained anything near full velocity, they are under maximum (and considerable) gravitational and aerodynamic stress, they are largest targets and have the best heat signatures at this point in thier flight, and they are full of nice explosive fuel on nice thin-skinned boosters. This is especially true just after launch and before first seperation and staging.

Just sayin.

It is also where missles have the highest mechanical failure rate (for many of the same reasons cited above).

Been busy. Time to finally take my 4th of July holiday.

Posted by Oldspook 2006-07-05 10:46|| 2006-07-05 10:46|| Front Page Top

#8 I think one of these posts about the NKor missiles needs a Wile E. Coyote Acme rocket graphic.

Posted by Xbalanke 2006-07-05 11:21|| 2006-07-05 11:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Wait a minute!
South Korea said that if he launched the long range Dong they were going to cut off fertilizer and rice donations to NKor. Surely they didn't stipulate that it had to be a sucessfull test.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-07-05 12:43|| 2006-07-05 12:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Their problem may be the cluster of strapon boosters they are using - vibrations leading to breakup.
Once they fix that, they'll still have the problem of stage separation.
Then warhead reentry and guidance...

Posted by john 2006-07-05 16:16|| 2006-07-05 16:16|| Front Page Top

#11 Happy holiday, Oldspook. I hope your efforts were fruitful.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-07-05 21:01|| 2006-07-05 21:01|| Front Page Top

#12 very productive *chuckle*

Just wish we could talk about it. Thats the problem with our biz - the successes you'll never hear about (but your grandchildren might, unless the NYT finds out first), the failures sometimes end up being very public.

Posted by Oldspook 2006-07-05 23:01|| 2006-07-05 23:01|| Front Page Top

#13 very productive *chuckle*

Just wish we could talk about it. Thats the problem with our biz - the successes you'll never hear about (but your grandchildren might, unless the NYT finds out first), the failures sometimes end up being very public.

Posted by Oldspook 2006-07-05 23:02|| 2006-07-05 23:02|| Front Page Top

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