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posted by martyb on Thursday September 14 2017, @11:45PM   Printer-friendly

The BBC is reporting that North Korea has fired another missile:

North Korea has fired a missile eastwards from its capital, Pyongyang, towards Japan, media reports say.

Japan said that the missile likely passed over its territory and has warned residents to take shelter, local media report.

South Korea and the US are analysing the details of the launch, the South's military said.

Al Jazeera reports:

The projectile was launched at 6:57am (21:57GMT Thursday) and flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido before falling into the Pacific Ocean - 2,000km east of Cape Erimo, said Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.

"Japan protests the latest launch in the strongest terms and will take appropriate and timely action at the United Nations and elsewhere, staying in close contact with the United States and South Korea," Suga told reporters.

South Korea's defence ministry said the missile travelled about 3,700km and reached a maximum altitude of 770km - both higher and further than previous tests.

Just more saber rattling? Another step in escalation? What's next?


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @05:51AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @05:51AM (#568315)

    I think people overestimate our strike capability and underestimate North Korea's abilities. North Korea learned from the Korean war which would have been a complete victory (on their part) if not for the fact that they were obliterated from the air. North Korea is about 47k square miles large. Installations, bunkers, and military installations are dotted through the entire nation. One can only imagine the countless anti-air installations they have. On top of this they now even have entire underground cities and military bases specifically as a contingency against military action.

    Perhaps most importantly, they also have the largest percent of their nation in the military - in the world. And by a landslide. More than 30% [wikipedia.org] of their country's population is part of the military. The terrain for Iraq is awful for insurgents. Long flat deserts where visibility can reach into the miles. North Korea by contrast is covered with dense forests and other terrain optimal for guerrilla warfare. And Russia/China (which border North Korea) would undoubtedly begin sending in forces to support the North Korean forces. Basically, even if we dismantled North Korea it would turn into a warzone that would make Iraq look like The Hamptons. And we haven't even gotten to the fact that they have genuine nuclear weapons. The quantity, locations, and capacity? Before you overestimate our so-called intelligence look to things ranging from 9/11 to any of our brilliant actions in the Mideast. We're not seers.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @06:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @06:05PM (#569060)

    i agree with everything until you act like 9/11 was some sort of intel screw up/deficiency. that's ridiculous.