DocM Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_NKOREA_ROCKET_LAUNCH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-12-11-21-43-27 NKOREA DEFIES WARNINGS, LAUNCHES LONG-RANGE ROCKETSEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea appeared to successfully fire a long-range rocket Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un pushes forward with its quest to develop the technology needed to deliver a nuclear warhead. Pyongyang's state media quickly claimed that the country had succeed in its mission of putting a peaceful satellite into orbit with its long-range Unha-3 rocket. Officials at the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said North Korea appeared to have put an object into space. > UPDATE: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/norad-nkorea-appears-have-orbited-object NORAD: NKorea appears to have orbited 'an object'WASHINGTON (AP) ? The North American Aerospace Defense Command says North Korea appears to have launched "an object" into Earth orbit, but neither the missile used nor debris from the launch are a threat to North America. NORAD officials said U.S. missile warning systems detected and tracked the launch at 7:49 p.m. EST Tuesday. The missile was tracked in a southerly direction. NORAD said initial indications were that the first stage of the rocket fell into the Yellow Sea and that the second stage fell into the Philippine Sea. Quoting a NORAD news release: "Initial indications are that the missile deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit. At no time was the missile or the resultant debris a threat to North America." NORAD is based at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpGreen Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I seem to recall this exact thing being part of the plot of a video game. The game even used some of the same words...like calling the North Korean satellite "peaceful". In the game though it was anything but. pkmugg 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze_Zewi Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Its only a satellite everyone calm down.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph B Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Surely this is the Mayan's doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*RedBull* Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 ^ we'll find out soon enough. Skin 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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