North Korean Missile Launch Fails ‘Almost Immediately’, U.S. Military Says

[Fasglas]

Still batting 1,000, eh Kim?

North Korean Missile Launch Fails 'Almost Immediately', U.S. Military Says - NBC News


North Korean Missile Launch Fails ‘Almost Immediately’, U.S. Military Says

by Courtney Kube, Kelly O'Donnell and Stella Kim
Apr 16 2017, 8:56 am ET

North Korea attempted a missile launch early Sunday local time but it failed "almost immediately" according to U.S. and South Korean military officials.

The launch was attempted from Sinpo, some 400 miles from Japan, according to U.S. Pacific Command, and came hours before Vice President Mike Pence landed in South Korea on a planned visit.

Early assessments suggested the projectile was not the feared intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the continental U.S., two U.S. military officials told NBC News.

The attempted launch comes just one day after the North held a massive parade to display is military might, including what experts said appeared to be new capabilities for long-range ICBMs. It marks the second time in as many months that a North Korean missile ended in an embarrassing explosion just after launch.

President Donald Trump, who is at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, this weekend, was briefed on the launch, a senior White House official told NBC News.

"The president and his military team are aware of North Korea's most recent unsuccessful missile launch. The president has no further comment," Secretary of Defense James Mattis said in a statement Saturday night.

"U.S. Pacific Command is fully committed to working closely with our allies in the Republic of Korea and in Japan to maintain security," the military said in an earlier statement on Saturday.

The schedule of Pence's 10-day Asia visit was not expected to be altered, a senior White House official said.

Shin In-kyun, President of Korea Defense Network a civic group specializing in military affairs, told NBC News that Sinpo is North Korea's submarine port and the failed missile was likely a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).

"SLBMs are more threatening than any other type of missile of the same range because it can evade radar detection, including the THAAD," Shin said, referring to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system provided to South Korea by the U.S. "If North Korea [can] complete building 3,000-ton submarine, they can then attack Guam, Hawaii and even Alaska with an SLBM."

[04 commemorative]

As long as we don't continue to ignore what they do because they will succeed at some point.

[OddBall]

I'd hate to be the poor bastard that has to answer for it.

[Aerovette]

I hate thinking of the fallout, but the best that could happen is that they attempt a nuke launch and it takes the whole place up in a cloud.

[99 pewtercoupe]

Originally Posted by aerovette

I hate thinking of the fallout, but the best that could happen is that they attempt a nuke launch and it takes the whole place up in a cloud.

Another possibility would be that continued N tests cause this volcano to erupt. Evidently it had a previous eruption that was one of the largest ever recorded. And since it sits right on the China/NK border the Chinese have some skin in that game

Sacred Volcano in North Korea May Be Waiting to Blow

[Fasglas]

Originally Posted by OddBall

I'd hate to be the poor bastard that has to answer for it.

So, it was your fault?

[Jeff '79]

Originally Posted by Fasglas

So, it was your fault?

Their suits are so dorky.

[OddBall]

Originally Posted by Fasglas

So, it was your fault?

You can hear that poor bastard's asshole pucker-up as far Tokyo.

[6spdC6]

Sound like our computer hacking into their launch worked real well.

[Jeff '79]

Originally Posted by OddBall

You can hear that poor bastard's asshole pucker-up as far Tokyo.

Originally Posted by 6spdC6

Sound like our computer hacking into their launch worked real well.

He never really had any push back when it came to his saber rattling.
Game on now.
It seems to me he said that he'd strike first if provoked.
Isn't the carrier group in the South China Sea provocation enough ?

[StaticCling]

[Jeff '79]

Originally Posted by chinaski

[Fasglas]

[DAB]

Originally Posted by chinaski

need to feed that launch director a few more noodles so the missile attains a little higher altitude....

[erickpl]

Originally Posted by aerovette

I hate thinking of the fallout, but the best that could happen is that they attempt a nuke launch and it takes the whole place up in a cloud.

Exactly what I was thinking. Launch nukes at SK, Japan, or the US, and have the missile fail about 5 seconds into launch, and level the complex and surrounding area.

I feel sorry for all those under that regime.

[Mike Mercury]

[Iron Chef]

We were all so scared of what the USSR was doing. When the Iron Curtain finally fell and we got a close look at their hardware, we were like "WTF? You couldn't pay me to fly this rustbucket."

I'm sure North Korea's offerings aren't much different.

[Mike Mercury]

[Rob]

[vetteman9368]

Originally Posted by Dixievet

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