North Korea attempts to launch ballistic missile; it blows up immediately - Polidicks

[quote]North Korea attempted to launch a missile on Sunday near Sinpo, on its east coast, but it is believed to have failed, South Korea's military said. The attempted missile launch comes a day after North Korea held a military parade in its capital marking the birth anniversary of the state founder where what appeared to be new ballistic missiles were displayed. "The North attempted to launch an unidentified missile from near the Sinpo region this morning but it is suspected to have failed," the South's Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. There were no further details, and the office said it was analyzing the launch. North Korea launched a ballistic missile from the same region earlier this month ahead of a summit meeting between the leaders of the United States and China, its key ally, to discuss the North's increasingly defiant arms program. U.S. Pacific Command detected and tracked what it assessed to be a North Korean ballistic missile launch at 11:21 a.m. GMT on Saturday, said U.S. Navy Commander Dave Benham, a spokesman for U.S. Pacific Command. "The missile blew up almost immediately," Benham said. "The type of missile is still being assessed."[/quote] [url]http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-missile-launch-attempt-fail-kim-jong-un-1.4072095[/url] [url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39612095[/url] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/15/asia/north-korea-missile-test/[/url]

Savvy President Trump saves money by letting the enemy blow themself up instead of wasteful spending on our own missles - a brilliant move!

Well it's good it blew up.

[QUOTE=Judas;52110354]Savvy President Trump saves money by letting the enemy blow themself up instead of wasteful spending on our own missles - a brilliant move![/QUOTE] Seriously though, I wouldn't doubt sabotage.

[QUOTE=Judas;52110354]Savvy President Trump saves money by letting the enemy blow themself up instead of wasteful spending on our own missles - a brilliant move![/QUOTE] Please snip this, you'll give him an idea on how to take credit

[QUOTE=TurtleeyFP;52110400]Seriously though, I wouldn't doubt sabotage.[/QUOTE] Wouldn't doubt it, but its a lot more likely incompetence.

[QUOTE=Darth Ninja;52110409]Wouldn't doubt it, but its a lot more likely incompetence.[/QUOTE] And even far more likely Pyongyang will claim it was sabotage.

[QUOTE=Judas;52110354]Savvy President Trump saves money by letting the enemy blow themself up instead of wasteful spending on our own missles - a brilliant move![/QUOTE] He will blow up North Korea and make them pay for it.

I'd be a lot more worried about North Korea if they actually seemed to pose a credible threat, instead of being hilariously incompetent with every attempt to scare us

Wow trump didnt even need to shoot it down, how considerate.

Kim Il sung must be rolling over in his grave right now.

Jesus Christ Kim we were just JOKING about this shit happening and yet

Time to execute those impudent scientists for making a mockery of the god emperor kim. recruit more peasant farmers to work on the next one!

reminder that every failed missile is a step closer to a working one

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This has to be some US stealth intervention or antics, right? Like no group of scientists could be this incompetent...

[QUOTE=Zombinie;52110649]This has to be some US stealth intervention or antics, right? Like no group of scientists could be this incompetent...[/QUOTE] You'd be amazed. These people don't have access to the literature that explains how to build a rocket of that size. I assume they're using liquid propellant and the complexity and safety behind those kind of turbopumps for the engines, as well as plumbing, materials you need for the pressures and temps, etc. protection against static and acoustic resonance,etc. They probably have no idea why it's blowing up. Thank ITAR for that.

[QUOTE=Zombinie;52110649]This has to be some US stealth intervention or antics, right? Like no group of scientists could be this incompetent...[/QUOTE] Even Von Braun blew up most of his missiles before he made a working V2. The only reason it seems easy to us is because the US, Russia, China, and many European countries have decades of research on this.

[QUOTE=_Kent_;52110708]Even Von Braun blew up most of his missiles before he made a working V2. The only reason it seems easy to us is because the US, Russia, China, and many European countries have decades of research on this.[/QUOTE] You can still today with the Orbital and SpaceX anomalies how much work and time it takes to figure out why the rockets exploded, and these are the brightest rocket engineers on the planet working on it.

[QUOTE=Thlis;52110427]He will blow up North Korea and make them pay for it.[/QUOTE] When North Korea sends it's missiles, they're not sending their best.

They could also know exactly what they're doing and just not have access to proper quality materials. I mean they used to get help from the Soviets and have plenty of Russian and Chinese designs to reverse engineer. But all that means nothing if your materials and processes are shabby crap. They've put two satellites into orbit. (In the same inclination) They know what they're doing.

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;52110622]reminder that every failed missile is a step closer to a working one[/QUOTE] One day this headline will appear: "Breaking: Kim Jong-un attempts to test the sturdiness of his missiles by kicking them; blows up instead in a freak accident." NK and their military efforts is something out of a Loony-Tunes episode.

Seems like we'll need this video but with Trump in it now. [video=youtube;l_a9q_HMpSA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_a9q_HMpSA[/video]

If I wanted people to think I was harmless I'd intentionally fuck up a missile launch or something

[QUOTE=geel9;52111309]If I wanted people to think I was harmless I'd intentionally fuck up a missile launch or something[/QUOTE] Yeah, but North Korean doesn't want people to think it's harmless, it wants its enemies to tremble before it. Their leaders have set themselves up as de facto Gods, being incompetent and harmless is actively damaging to their cult of personality.

I am reminded of this old video by Xieneus. [video=youtube;37JFOdkNt60]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37JFOdkNt60[/video]

[QUOTE=_Kent_;52110708]Even Von Braun blew up most of his missiles before he made a working V2. The only reason it seems easy to us is because the US, Russia, China, and many European countries have decades of research on this.[/QUOTE] Hell, Von Braun and many of his team went on to the US to help develop the Saturn V, which even with all the experience they gained from getting the V-2 to work [I]still[/I] had major teething problems. Making new, working rocket designs isn't easy.

[QUOTE=TurtleeyFP;52110400]Seriously though, I wouldn't doubt sabotage.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Darth Ninja;52110409]Wouldn't doubt it, but its a lot more likely incompetence.[/QUOTE] Rocket science is complicated, even more so for the engineering. Look at it this way, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded due to a single O-ring. If they were incompetent, they wouldn't have launched two satellites already. Nork doesn't have the vast experience, data, and high quality materials of commercial astronautic companies so accidents are a given. Development was the same with most countries.

I don't think it matters if it exploded or not in terms of whether they're progressing, only what they do with the scientists after the event. Do they let their scientists dissect what went wrong for improvements - or do they line them up for a firing squad?

While it may have been a failed launch due to subpar construction or design, there is a non-insignificant chance that we may have sabotaged the launch via electronic warfare/hacking, which is not surprising, given how it is in the US' best interests to keep the NK missile program from succeeding.