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N.Korea Shows Footage of Submarine-Launched Missile
2015-06-05
What's new is the footage, not the news.
North Korea on Thursday published footage of what it claimed was the successful launch of a submarine-based ballistic missile.

The two-minute clip posted on the propaganda website Uriminzokkiri shows a projectile that appears to be a ballistic missile being launched from a black submerged vessel as North Korean leader Fat Boy Kim Jong-un watches through binoculars.

The corpulent Kim is then heard to hail the launch as a major accomplishment.

The clip says the successful launch will enable Pyongyang to conduct underwater missions "as it wishes" and to strike its enemies "from the sea."

A Unification Ministry official said, "North Korea's intent in unveiling the footage appears aimed at showing off its military might and threatening the Seoul-Washington alliance."
The only person who'd fall for this nonsense is John Kerry. Oh wait...
Posted by:Steve White

#5  Thanks Pappy. The pic on the right didn't look right at the water.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-06-05 13:06  

#4  Open source intel sez it was a first-stage launch, where the missile gets ejected from the tube, but doesn't fire its motor(s). That latter stage was likely digitally manipulated in presented media.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-06-05 12:52  

#3  really only for the music, cuz this is the part of juche when we dance
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-06-05 10:25  

#2  Video?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-06-05 10:24  

#1  Did they remember to close the screen door?
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-06-05 09:58  

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