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elleng

(131,223 posts)
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 08:25 PM Mar 2017

North Korea 'conducts high-thrust engine test'

Source: bbc

North Korea's state media says its military has tested a new high-performance rocket engine. Leader Kim Jong Un declared the test "a new birth" for the North's rocket industry, state news agency KCNA said.

He said the engine would help North Korea achieve world-class satellite launch capability, it added.

The development, not confirmed elsewhere, comes as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visits China - Pyongyang's main ally.

After personally overseeing the test, Mr Kim "emphasized that the world will soon witness the great significance of the epoch-making victory we achieved today", KCNA reported, adding that it marked the birth of the country's rocket industry.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39318463

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North Korea 'conducts high-thrust engine test' (Original Post) elleng Mar 2017 OP
How's not-diplomacy and implied threats of nuclear annihilation working now? yallerdawg Mar 2017 #1
Did Un light one of his farts? nt longship Mar 2017 #2
FUNNY! SkyDaddy7 Mar 2017 #9
LOL that could be pretty dangerous Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #12
Just like aggravating the neighbors viscious dog. gordianot Mar 2017 #3
High thrust and pussy grabbing elmac Mar 2017 #4
Exactly but more than like to embellish, elleng Mar 2017 #5
Could you imagine... SkyDaddy7 Mar 2017 #10
Horrified! elleng Mar 2017 #11
SO fucking amazing! Plucketeer Mar 2017 #6
exactly. nt elmac Mar 2017 #7
Don't worry, it'll only take a few weeks to win it, and we'll get them to pay for it. NBachers Mar 2017 #8

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
1. How's not-diplomacy and implied threats of nuclear annihilation working now?
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 08:37 PM
Mar 2017

Welcome to the real world, where dictatorship has nothing to do with so-called "savvy business decisions."

Ask Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, and Bashar al-Assad.

Lose/lose is not a political option for these people.

Peace and diplomacy is our option.

Kimchijeon

(1,606 posts)
12. LOL that could be pretty dangerous
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 03:37 PM
Mar 2017

He's literally the only obese person in NK, his farts must be horrendous!

gordianot

(15,247 posts)
3. Just like aggravating the neighbors viscious dog.
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 09:26 PM
Mar 2017

Someone could get bit, someone could be euthanized.

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
4. High thrust and pussy grabbing
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 09:37 PM
Mar 2017

I think the NK dictator has a lot in common with the orange dictator, they both like to embellish.

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
10. Could you imagine...
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 02:33 PM
Mar 2017

What the people who live in Seoul, South Korea must be thinking now that TRUMP is in charge...I could certainly see TRUMP starting a war especially if the Russia investigation turns "REAL".

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
6. SO fucking amazing!
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 09:41 PM
Mar 2017

So hard to comprehend. Their citizens are starving while they crow about a new and more powerful rocket motor! Hey fellow Americans - here's where we're headed!

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