Obama issues warning as Korea readies missile

[WillieW]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_nkorea_missile

WASHINGTON – As North Korea fueled a multistage rocket Thursday for its threatened satellite launch, President Barack Obama promised a "stern" response and Japan vowed to press for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council. Senior U.S. defense officials said that trailers and vehicles carrying rocket propellant were in place at North Korea's coastal launch site and that fueling had begun.

A U.S. counter-proliferation official said the fueling process could take "up to a few days." But a senior U.S. intelligence official told The Associated Press that Pyongyang was on track for a projected Saturday launch

The American officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence issues.

[NightWatcher]

1. place your bets on what's going to happen. I say they launch straight out to sea

and then detonate a few minutes after liftoff after it appears that it's not going to hit Japan, but way before we get the chance to shoot it down for crossing the Pacific.

[napoleon_in_rags]

2. "threatened satellite launch" I feel like I'm living in the Soviet Union.

They didn't "threaten" anybody with a satellite launch. They claimed they were executing a peaceful mission to launch a communications satellite. There is concern because the technology that they use to do this can be used for long range missiles. THIS is what's happening, the duty of the news is to REPORT what's happening, not tell me how to feel about it by interpreting a satellite launch as a "threat" when NK didn't make a "threat" regarding the launch, they made threats regarding how they would act if the launch were interfered with. JUST THE FACTS PLEASE, REPORTERS.

[L0oniX]

3. 666 post huh ...YOU ARE DOOMED NOW!

[WillieW]

4. Goodness, If I was not a "saved" christian, I would be afraid.

Anything happened to you when you posted your 666'th post?

[L0oniX]

5. I lost my soul.