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summarily after yesterday's premature detonation? Even more importantly, are there any left in North Korea now?
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)MineralMan
(146,364 posts)you have to wonder how eager whatever engineers are left in North Korea might be to get involved in his missile program. Successfully designing and manufacturing long-range missiles isn't a simple thing. It doesn't take much of a flaw to cause a launch failure, given the high pressure and velocity required to drive such a thing into the air.
We've had our share of disastrous attempted launches, and we are extremely careful with design and manufacturing details. While I'm sure that North Korea has been assisted by China, most of the process has to be taking place inside North Korea.
Their nuclear weapon tests, too, have been plagued with poor performance. Eventually, Kim Jong Un will run out of people capable of creating such devices as missiles and nuclear weapons.
Hasten the day.
AJT
(5,240 posts)I am sure heads literally rolled.
nycbos
(6,044 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)BTW, that's Lotte Lenya, who made this song famous.
Silent3
(15,477 posts)...they'd probably torture and kill family members and friends to "encourage" the remainder to do better next time.
dembotoz
(16,874 posts)would think china has more access than we do and a successful launch is not in their best interest either
MineralMan
(146,364 posts)that we don't have much penetration into North Korea. It has pretty effectively isolated itself.
dalton99a
(81,730 posts)It's well known (from evidence retrieved from the ocean) that critical parts are "imported" from or through China, and the security on their software/firmware/control side is vulnerable - in fact, the U.S. was able to insert malware into their systems and trace the Sony hack to them.
Regardless, it took the Soviets at least 15 years to perfect a solid propellant rocket, so it'll be a while before North Korea can get anything working reliably.
dalton99a
(81,730 posts)MineralMan
(146,364 posts)There are no photos, though, of what's on his screen. I'm guessing he's playing "Space Invaders."
underpants
(183,154 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)embarrassment.
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