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| North Korea 'launches long-range rocket' |
| 2012-12-11 |
| North Korea has launched a long-range rocket, South Korean news sources have reported. A previous launch in April failed when the rocket broke up after take-off. North Korea says it plans to put a satellite into space, but many countries believe the tests are a cover for weapons development. The US and other nations had previously warned the launch would constitute a test of long-range missile technology banned under UN resolutions. South Korean television network YTN said the rocket was launched from a site on the west coast of the North. The Japanese government, which put its armed forces on alert ahead of the launch, said the missile appears to have passed over Okinawa. It said it had not attempted to intercept the rocket. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 TOPIX > [SCMP] > JAPAN MAKES NO ATTEMPT TO SHOOTDOWN NORTH KOREA ROCKET. * SAME > NORTH KOREA CALLS ROCKET LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL DESPITE CRITICISM. * KOREA HERALD > SOUTH KOREAN DEFENSE CHIEF SAYS FIRST, SECOND STAGE SEPARATION FROM NORTH KOREA ROCKET WAS SUCCESSFUL. --------------- ION TOPIX REGIONAL .... * TOPIX > [Asia News Network = ANN] VIETNAM MILITARY ISSUES DECREE FOR FOREIGN SHIPS. THIS MAY NOT END WELL, COME POST-JANUARY 1st, 2013 VEE CHINA as by my read Vietnam's new decree is applicable to Vietnam's claims on disputed islands in the SCS, i.e. the Chinese-claimed Nanshas [Spratlys] + Xishas [Paracels]. * SAME > JAKARTA: NO "OVERT THREAT" FROM CHINESE PUSH, ala South China Sea claims = new Sansha. * SAME, BHARAT RAKSHAK > INDIA HAS TO ACCEPT'S CHINA'S PRESENCE IN "EXCLUSIVE" AREAS: SALMAN KHURSHID, i.e. in India's own perceived historical "backyard" = disputed regions ostensibly for the sake of peace. * BHARAT RAKSHAK > [Times of India] DON'T BE ON THE BACK FOOT:THOSE WHO SEEK TO DISTORT/DISPUTE NAVY CHIEF JOSHI'S MESSAGE [vee China = South China Sea] DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND SEAPOWER. * BHARAT RAKSHAK > TAIWAN'S "STATUS QUO" IS JUST NO GOOD ENOUGH. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-12-12 00:01 |
| #2 Iff it did pass oer OKINAWA, then it would appear than Japan's MSDFfailed to shoot it down for some reason. * TWITTER@TODAYONLINE > Twithead/User repors that the Rocket is expected to land in the Pacific Ocean circa 300-km east of the Philippines. * Also, as per DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > FOUR CHINESE WARSHIPS PASS THROUGH CONTINGOUS ZONE IN SOUTHWESTERN JAPAN, off Yonaguni-jima to enter into the East China Sea. COINCIDENCE? Iff I were to speculate, these are prob returning escort ships from the PLAN "LIAONING' CV Task Group on TX in WESTPAC??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-12-11 21:16 |
| #1 If it actually passed over Okinawa in one piece, it actually traveled some 1,500 km. Almost the distance from Tehran to Tel Aviv. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2012-12-11 21:00 |