North Korea Launches Rocket

[titaniumsalute]

Source: MSNBC

PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korea launched a long-range rocket early Friday, U.S. officials confirmed.

The White House said it would issue a statement, NBC News reported.

The launch, which North Korea's neighbors and the West say is a disguised ballistic missile test, will take a three-stage rocket over a sea separating the Korean peninsula from China before releasing a weather satellite into orbit when the third stage fires over waters near the Philippines


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Oh boy. Little pajama boy jr. flexing his muscles.

[one_voice]

1. Aw damn...

here we go....

[neverforget]

2. CNN is reporting that the Pentagon says it failed.

"It got off the launch pad and then broke apart."

[titaniumsalute]

3. OOps...major fail maybe?

F

[denbot]

4. I hope we gave that failure a little assist..

With all the treasure we blew on energy weapons I hope we are able to deploy something that would disrupt a launch..

[nolabear]

5. Good. Good to know they don't know what they're doing. Yet.

[DFW]

6. Vons rockets go up, who cares vhere zey come down....

Great, so these kooks can finally send a rocket into space, but can't be bothered to figure out how to feed their own people?

Who's their economic adviser, Mitt Romney?

[24601]

11. "Dat's not my department, says Wernher von Braun" [to music...]

[DFW]

14. I figured SOMEbobdy would remember that one!

"Und I'm learning Chinese," says Wernher von Braun..........

[24601]

15. "I think out attitude should be one of gratitude, like the widows and orphans of old London town,

who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun."

[unionworks]

7. I hate it...

.... when my "Long Dong" explodes prematurely.....

[Daniel537]

8. "I spent $850M on a rocket that broke-up seconds after launch....

and i didn't even get a damn shirt."

[denbot]

9. Pity the poor engineers, and their families.

HR over there lacks bounderies.

[BadtotheboneBob]

17. That was my first thought when I heard it failed...

... It will not go well for them, I'm sure.

[joshcryer]

19. No smiling North Koreans in those circles you can betcha.

[MineralMan]

10. It blowed up real good!

FAIL!

[Proles]

12. I'm sure North Korea will have a hard time spinning that story.

Maybe it was somehow destroyed by undercover sabotage or some remarkable laser technology. Either way, it's an amusing fail on their part.

[brooklynite]

16. Who says they'll announce the launch in the first place?

[joshcryer]

20. Yeah, the last two were resounding successes.

(Despite being utter failures.)

[24601]

13. So much for showing the world how advanced their program has become. And "Chubby Leader" really

ain't the perfect poster boy for convincing everyone they need more food.

[BadtotheboneBob]

18. He's the perfect poster boy for kleptocracy...

What a nightmare the DPRK is.

[joshcryer]

21. It's extremely difficult to get done.

[Fastcars]

22. Not surprised at all.

We were told to expect this outcome by a retired Air Force colonel the other day.