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| SKorea: NKorea to launch satellite April 4-8 |
| 2009-03-12 |
| SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it has confirmed that North Korea plans to launch a satellite from April 4-8. An official at South Korea's Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said Thursday that officials confirmed with the International Maritime Organization that the North had informed the organization of its schedule for the launch. Do Myung-hwan, the official, said North Korea also notified the IMO that the launch will be made in an easterly direction. South Korea, Japan and the United States believe the launch will test missile technology in violation of a 2006 U.N. Security Council resolution banning Pyongyang from ballistic missile activity, and have urged the North not to go forward. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #3 JAPAN has already repeatedly warned NOKOR's missle WILL BE SHOT DOWN IFF IT FLIES OVER JAPAN OR SOVEREIGN JAPANESE AREAS, espec since international protocols regarding rocket lauches haven't been followed by NOKOR. * ION WORLD MILITARY FORUM [GOOGLE Chinglish translation] > IIUC MYANMAR'S MILITARY/ARMY GOVERNMENT IS PRO-CHINA AND ANTI-US: VIETNAM IS A COLD PANIC. MYANMAR'S STRATEGIC POSITION ENSURES THAT NOTHING IN THE INDIAN OCEAN, SE ASIA OR STRAITS OF MALACCAS CANNOT BE REACHED/TARGETED BY CHINESE MILITARY POWER. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-12 23:33 |
| #2 It could go off any minute. Better divert the aid ships so they are not hit. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-03-12 16:21 |
| #1 It takes a month to fuel a rocket, I DON'T BELIEVE IT, looks more and more that it won't fly and is set out as bait. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-03-12 15:14 |