South Korea to Fire Rocket as Eyes Turn to North’s Site

[genobalto]

[QUOTE]article: [url]http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-11-28/south-korea-to-fire-rocket-as-eyes-turn-to-north-s-missile-site[/url]

South Korea will make its third attempt to launch a civilian space rocket and satellite today as speculation mounts that North Korea may defy the international community with another ballistic missile test.

The 33-meter (108-feet) KSLV-I rocket, or Naro, is set to blast off from a site near Goheung, 330 kilometers (200 miles) south of Seoul, this afternoon carrying a 100-kilogram research satellite, said Kim Yeon Hak, a deputy director at the science ministry. It will be the country’s third attempt to put a satellite into orbit using a rocket built with domestic and Russian technology.

Activity at North Korea’s launch site is consistent with preparations before the botched firing of a rocket in April that cost the regime an American food-aid deal, according to satellite company DigitalGlobe Inc. South Korea has spent about $500 million on the Naro project to gain a toehold in the space- services market while countries including the U.S. contend the North’s program is cover for missile development.

“North Korea may want to restore its national pride after the failed launch,” Baek Seung Joo, who studies the Pyongyang regime’s military at the Korea Institute of Defense Analyses in Seoul, said yesterday by telephone. “If South Korea succeeds with the Naro rocket, the North’s technology will look weak in comparison.”

Kim Jong Un’s government may be in a position to conduct a test by mid-December, DigitalGlobal said on its website, citing a Nov. 23 image of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station.[/QUOTE]

While South Korea shoots up a space rocket, North Korea shoots up a makeshift missile ... the contrast is chilling

[bisousbisous]

Oh boy, another cock waving contest by North Korea.

[NinjaS]

Jealousy.

[Scrimp]

Maybe it's a race.

[Mikesword221]

[QUOTE=Scrimp;38631176]Maybe it's a race.[/QUOTE]

A space race?

[Scrimp]

[QUOTE=Mikesword221;38631481]A space race?[/QUOTE]

!

[killover509]

Korean Missile Crisis

[zacht_180]

What if North Korea accidentally nuked themselves.

[ElectroMagnet]

[QUOTE=zacht_180;38633123]What if North Korea accidentally nuked themselves.[/QUOTE]

Then it would be a successful rocket launch.

[MIPS]

The ironic thing is that both the north and south both have a 100% failure rate on their rockets.

[Xenak]

[img]http://img.timeinc.net/time/2012/poypoll/un.jpg[/img]

Does this beautiful face look like it could do ANY harm?

[RusMar]

Those teeth certainly could

[Ninja Duck]

[QUOTE=Xenak;38633655][img]http://img.timeinc.net/time/2012/poypoll/un.jpg[/img]

Does this beautiful face look like it could do ANY harm?[/QUOTE]

It's the puppeteers you need to watch out for.

[ShaunOfTheLive]

[QUOTE=Xenak;38633655][img]http://img.timeinc.net/time/2012/poypoll/un.jpg[/img]

Does this beautiful face look like it could do ANY harm?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.theonion.com/articles/kim-jongun-named-the-onions-sexiest-man-alive-for,30379/[/url]

[Zero Hour]

How cute its like they have their own mini cold war!