BREAKING NEWS: S. Korea: N. Korea launches rocket

[Top Cat]

SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea has launched a long-range rocket, a South Korean official confirmed to CNN on Sunday.

The payload of the rocket remains unclear. North Korea has said the rocket was to carry a satellite into space, but the United States, South Korea and other nations fear it could be a missile with a warhead attached.


Earlier Sunday, before the launch, South Korea's national security council called an emergency meeting amid concerns that a North Korean rocket launch was imminent, a presidential spokesperson told CNN Sunday.

On Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama reiterated that the United States strongly opposes any such launch.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/north.korea.rocket/index.html

Edit: Don Lemon on CNN just reported that N. Korea has a rocket that is capable of reaching Alaska.....

[underpants]

1. Okay. hand played

now they have to sit and wait for the game to play out

Concerning, yes but they are desperate and they do not have the cards to play or the cash to stay in the game

As usual (ask any Cold Warrior like Jim Webb) every discussion of foreign policy must have the "What about China?" question.

Not sure of the proximity of production in China to NK but they don't want that trouble on their doorstep. China is not innocent in this-they can make NK move like they want to and it would appear that they have.

Napoleon said "China is a sleeping giant. Let is sleep. Let it sleep." too late the capitalists let them in the game.

[Top Cat]

3. Our plate is full and I really hope this is not going to be a problem at this time

[tularetom]

2. Oh noes, we're doomed!

Unless we bomb 'em back beyond the stone age that is.

[thelordofhell]

4. Sarah Palin just saw it fly past her porch

[Top Cat]

5. Funny.... She did say that you can see Russia from Alaska

I beat she is pissing all over herself now....

[AyanEva]

10. LMAO

Funny mental image.

[Barack_America]

14. Nah, that was just one of her relatives' meth labs exploding.

;)

[Better Believe It]

6. When did it become illegal for North Korea to orbit a space satellite?

And on what other nations do such restrictions exist and who promulgated those (national, international?) laws?

[FrenchieCat]

7. Boy, you are a strange one! I presume that Obama and his administration

is your only enemy....and North Korea is just, well.....Swell!

[Better Believe It]

13. Now try to pay attention FrenchieCat. The question was .....

"When did it become illegal for North Korea to orbit a space satellite?"

And your answer is?

[Psephos]

8. There was no "satellite" on that ballistic missile. lol n/t

[Top Cat]

9. Where did you hear this.? The last report I saw they were not sure yet

[Joe the Revelator]

11. You'll just believe anything, won't you?

Logic be damned.

[FrenchieCat]

12. I wonder about the timing between this launch and

Obama's NO Nuke speech slated for tomorrow.

[Top Cat]

15. I know but everyone is behind him so N. Korea better get their shit together