3 short-range ballistic missiles fired by North Korea; 2 fail mid-flight and one blows up at launch
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[U][B]North Korea launches 3 short-range ballistic missiles[/B][/U]
[url]http://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-sea-japan/story?id=49425757[/url]
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North Korea launched three ballistic missiles on Friday, [B]with two failing in flight and one blowing up at launch.[/B]
In a statement, Cmdr. David Benham, a spokesman for U.S. Pacific Command, said the missile launches occurred "between 11:49 a.m. and 12:19 p.m. Hawaii time Aug. 25."
"Initial assessment indicates three short-range ballistic missile launches. The first and third missiles at 11:49 a.m. and 12:19 p.m. failed in flight," the statement reads. "The second missile launch at 12:07 p.m. appears to have blown up almost immediately.
The statement continues: "The three launches occurred near Kittaeryong, North Korea. We are working with our Interagency partners on a more detailed assessment and we will provide a public update if warranted. ... We continue to monitor North Korea's actions closely."
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EDIT: Can a Moderator update the title to "3 short-range ballistic missiles fired by North Korea; Two fail mid-flight and one blows up at launch" so that people don't see "North Korea launches..." on the main site? :v
EDIT 2: Thanks mod(s)!
Ya' know what: Trump do your thing.
I wanna see bantz on Twitter of Trump making fun of the rocket launches and see how KCNA replies.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;52613543]Ya' know what: Trump do your thing.
I wanna see bantz on Twitter of Trump making fun of the rocket launches and see how KCNA replies.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, no thanks, that's pretty fucking stupid. I don't really want Donnie to keep provoking NK until they bite back.
[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;52613566]Yeah, no thanks, that's pretty fucking stupid. I don't really want Donnie to keep provoking NK until they bite back.[/QUOTE]
They're going to bite one day, its just a matter of how hard they can bite when they do.
[quote]with two failing in flight and one blowing up at launch.[/quote]
real existential threat, these folks
[QUOTE=Judas;52613626]real existential threat, these folks[/QUOTE]There's probably some CIA operatives sabotaging these launches.
Then again I doubt NK has any competent scientists left that Kim can beat into submission, so they might just be that bad.
[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;52613590]They're going to bite one day, its just a matter of how hard they can bite when they do.[/QUOTE]
They won't bite back. They're all talk, I hate to repeat this meme but Kim isn't suicidal.
[editline]25th August 2017[/editline]
[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;52613566]Yeah, no thanks, that's pretty fucking stupid. I don't really want Donnie to keep provoking NK until they bite back.[/QUOTE]
If anything, it was Donnie who got them to back off of Guam.
[QUOTE=MrRalgoman;52613668]They won't bite back. They're all talk, I hate to repeat this meme but Kim isn't suicidal.[/QUOTE]
He doesn't have to be suicidal, he has to be desperate. He has to figure he has nothing left to lose so he may as well take others out with him.
[QUOTE=MrRalgoman;52613668]
If anything, it was Donnie who got them to back off of Guam.[/QUOTE]
Don't forget that it was Donald's pants-on-head level of stupidity in his continual egging on of North Korea that resulted in them floating the idea around of attacking Guam (later Guam's waters) in the first place.
I get that Kim is probably motivated by relatively rational survival instincts and not just a raving loon as we think of him commonly but I feel like he's poking the wrong bear.
Well, we aren't going to strike first and risk starting WW3 with China, and he won't strike first because he wants NK to remain on the world map.
So, bantering and bickering will probably continue but nothing will happen.
[editline]25th August 2017[/editline]
[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;52613695]Don't forget that it was Donald's pants-on-head level of stupidity in his continual egging on of North Korea that resulted in them floating the idea around of attacking Guam (later Guam's waters) in the first place.[/QUOTE]
Still, he backed off. It's better than letting him wave his dick in front of Americas face unlike the previous administrations.
[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;52613695]Don't forget that it was Donald's pants-on-head level of stupidity in his continual egging on of North Korea that resulted in them floating the idea around of attacking Guam (later Guam's waters) in the first place.[/QUOTE]
NK has made threats against Guam as early as 2013. It was just as baseless back then as it is now.
[QUOTE=Kecske;52613729]NK has made threats against Guam as early as 2013. It was just as baseless back then as it is now.[/QUOTE]
Yep. And what's more, North Korea never threatened to attack Guam -- they threatened to fire missiles nearby, and didn't translate it well enough.
We go through this shit twice a year, every year. Trump didn't ~make the crazy dictator back down~ because North Korea was never going to "nuke Guam" in the first place. A direct, unprovoked and [b]obvious[/b] attack on US soil would be regime suicide and, with the entire international community staring at NK, even China wouldn't be able to tell the US not to go charging in.
Every failure gives them a chance to learn from their mistakes
[QUOTE=MissingNoGuy;52613660]Then again I doubt NK has any competent scientists left that Kim can beat into submission, so they might just be that bad.[/QUOTE]
The regime has spent years culturally and intellectually isolating the country, these are the results you get when you do that.
The scientists probably aren't bad/dumb, it's just what happens when they have no frame of reference to look at, no allies to provide them with designs or specs, and thus they have to reinvent the (figurative) wheel from the ground up.
[QUOTE]The scientists probably aren't bad/dumb, it's just what happens when they have no frame of reference to look at, no allies to provide them with designs or specs, and thus they have to reinvent the (figurative) wheel from the ground up. [/QUOTE]
Don't be so sure about that. There is a good chance the Ukrainians or Russians are supplying them with rocket tech.
[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/world/asia/north-korea-missiles-ukraine-factory.html[/URL]
[QUOTE]North Korea’s success in testing an intercontinental ballistic missile that appears able to reach the United States was made possible by black-market purchases of powerful rocket engines probably from a Ukrainian factory with historical ties to Russia’s missile program, according to an expert analysis being published Monday and classified assessments by American intelligence agencies.[/QUOTE]
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If anything, it was Donnie who got them to back off of Guam.[/QUOTE]
NK has been threatening to attack Guam for decades. Trump did not stop anything as nothing was going to happen to begin with.
[editline]25th August 2017[/editline]
Odds are this is just NK's response to the joint SK-US military stuff they do every single August for who knows how long now.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52614195]NK has been threatening to attack Guam for decades. Trump did not stop anything as nothing was going to happen to begin with.
[editline]25th August 2017[/editline]
Odds are this is just NK's response to the joint SK-US military stuff they do every single August for who knows how long now.[/QUOTE]
This exactly. NK isn't stupid, they try and play the mad jack game and fail worse than Nixon, but they're not stupid. They know if they do anything, especially with a nuke, they're done for. They know they also are no where near being able to preform MAD. They're basically banking on the idea that if we fuck with them they'll launch a nuke, and nobody else wants to be the one who wants to start a (very short) nuclear war.
Let em wave their dongs, as long as they keep that up eventually they'll collapse from the inside. Or they'll do something dumb, thus becoming an incredibly crippled full korea.
They're just making this out over nothing.
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