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NORK Missile Blows Up Right After Launch
2017-04-16
Hat Tip: Drudge.
This is similar to another previous explosion at launch phase. That makes me think that some kind of countermeasure messed up the missile. Maybe a laser or something.
Hopefully the Chinese will honor the warranty.
lord garth submitted an article at 12:41 a.m. EDT from ABC News which adds:
According to a Defense Department official, the missile that was launched was land-based, and there was a high degree of confidence that it was not an ICBM, but an assessment was still under way.
Posted by:Alaska Paul

#13  Laser tag...,
Posted by: 49 Pan   2017-04-16 20:30  

#12  I'd love to see Pudgy's private reaction to this event. Wouldn't exactly want to be there though. Somebody might have to be executed for it. He's gotta be paranoid as hell now.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-04-16 15:10  

#11  A short range version of the Long Dong missile
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-04-16 15:07  

#10  Was this the Nodong missile?
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-04-16 12:26  

#9  

Someone lost the keys
Posted by: bbrewer126   2017-04-16 11:26  

#8  Any Iranian parts in those missiles? If so, who knew the stuxnet was that versatile?
Posted by: NanookOfTheNorthish   2017-04-16 10:58  

#7  Well, the NorKs have historically used Chinese parts...
Posted by: Pappy   2017-04-16 10:52  

#6  Projectile dysfunction.
Posted by: charger   2017-04-16 10:10  

#5  That's what they get for using Kim Jong UNix.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2017-04-16 07:05  

#4  Didn't anyone tell them that Vista went EOL last week?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2017-04-16 06:09  

#3  I've seen speculation that cyber attacks cause missiles to malfunction after launch.

Nork tech isn't too sophisticated.
Posted by: phil_b   2017-04-16 02:39  

#2  China to NK: We can't help you if you can't get it up!"



Posted by: CrazyFool   2017-04-16 01:19  

#1  Don't you hate it when you can't get your missile up?
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-04-16 00:41  

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