North Korea's missile, which was suppose to carry a "satellite" into Earth's orbit, fell into the Pacific ocean. Even though North Korea claims they successfully deployed their satellite and that its broadcasting revolutionary songs, their Spuknik is really laying on the bottom of the Pacific ocean.
However, the North Koreans are getting better. In 2006 when they first tested the Taepodong missile, it fell into the Japanese Sea. This time they managed to have a successful first staging. Give them a few more years and they might be able to reach the Pacific coast with a 500 kg warhead. Brisbane Times
North Korea's rocket launch is a partial technological success on the way to building a long-range missile, even if Pyongyang failed to put a satellite in orbit, the former director of the US missile defence agency says.
"It says, first of all, they had successful first staging and (were) able to control the rocket through staging," retired General Henry Obering told CNN television on Sunday.
"That is a significant step forward for any missile program because often times the missiles become unstable as they go through the staging events," General Obering said.
But the following stages failed, with parts falling in the Sea of Japan and the rest in the Pacific, he told the US news network.
"The fact that they did not get apparent separation of the payload from the second or third stage means that they have more work to do there in terms of being able to achieve that," Obering said. "The bottom line is they are continuing to advance in their ranges and I think it's why it's important that we have the ability to defend against these types of threats."
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I new something was screwy , Fox news reported this morning that the missile was shot down ! I read it was successful , but also that it failed ! Excellent Though , I wonder how the Iranian's feel about it (If they were even there )
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