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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday July 04 2017, @11:08PM   Printer-friendly
from the so-they-say dept.

North Korean state media claims that it can hit anywhere in the world with its new missile. Others say that it is capable of reaching Alaska:

North Korea said on Tuesday it successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time, which flew a trajectory that experts said could allow a weapon to hit the U.S. state of Alaska. The launch came days before leaders from the Group of 20 nations were due to discuss steps to rein in North Korea's weapons program, which it has pursued in defiance of U.N. Security Council sanctions.

The launch, which North Korea's state media said was ordered and supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, sent the rocket 933 km (580 miles) reaching an altitude of 2,802 km over a flight time of 39 minutes.

North Korea has said it wants to develop a missile mounted with a nuclear warhead capable of striking the U.S. mainland. To do that it would need an ICBM with a range of 8,000 km (4,800 miles) or more, a warhead small enough to be mounted on it and technology to ensure its stable re-entry into the atmosphere. Some analysts said the flight details on Tuesday suggested the new missile had a range of more than 8,000 km, underscoring major advances in its program. Other analysts said they believed its range was not so far.

Also at BBC and NYT.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 05 2017, @03:16AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 05 2017, @03:16AM (#535041)

    Just happened to be reading about S-400 today on Wikipedia. China has signed on to buy a few sets. Are any deployed in China yet?

    China could say they deploy a set that is to protect some strategic this or that in China, and that installation will happen to overlap over enough of North Korea and perhaps even into South Korea a bit.

    Sounds like China's plan is to set up a system to cover Taiwan at least, too. (according to what's in Wikipedia).

    Russia will likely share a friendly "heads up" with NK if the US decides to try and act unilaterally in the near future.

    It'll give NK enough time to move the important things while letting the Great Orange One his moment of glorious small-hand waving twitter glory. Of course, leaving the Great Orange One with an important decision to make...

    If NK launches a missile at Alaska, do we waste a couple of SM-3's to try and swat it out of the sky?

    That leave the important question: Is there a Donald Trump property in Hawaii? There's definitely not one in Alaska. I somehow think that the Great Orange One never tried to pimp Trump-brand Halibut Steaks in the Skymall catalog or on QVC. So the symbolism of a random Aleutian island getting hit by a NK missile isn't that big of a loss. It could even be a big one for him if it happens to hit a big fish processor in Bristol Bay or wherever - screw all those liberal west coast salmon eaters!

    (most of US salmon is farmed Atlantic salmon from wherever. We on the west/left coast have readier access to the real and good stuff - wild salmon, whether we buy it at the store or can actually go out and catch it ourselves... )

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday July 05 2017, @12:18PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Wednesday July 05 2017, @12:18PM (#535147) Journal

    Ah.. the west coast. Is that salmon with Fukushima spices? :p

  • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday July 05 2017, @03:43PM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Wednesday July 05 2017, @03:43PM (#535225) Homepage Journal

    When you're in Hawaii, treat yourself to a few nights at the Trump International Hotel Waikiki. It's a destination in itself. Enjoy! youtu.be/txc1QDVZLiw [youtu.be]