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North Korea Accidentally Hit One of its Own Cities With a Missile, Says Report

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday January 07 2018, @09:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the oops-my-bad dept.

mrpg writes:

A North Korean missile reportedly crashed into one of its own cities after it failed just minutes following its launch.

US officials said the Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) was initially thought to have disintegrated mid-flight after it was fired on 28 April last year.

However, new data suggests it landed in the city of Tokchon, around 90 miles north of the secretive communist country’s capital, Pyongyang. Tokchon has a population of around 200,000.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/north-korea-missile-hit-city-accident-nuclear-war-ballistic-tests-chonsin-dong-tokchon-a8141481.html

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Monday January 08 2018, @05:28AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 08 2018, @05:28AM (#619423) Journal

    Because a thirty year old accident by a different country using a different sort of missile is relevant to our interests.

    You're missing the.... umm... bigger picture here.
    Theretimes, a different country managed to hit a small US vessel.
    30 years after, the NK needed a whole city as the target and a heck of a bigger rocket to do something of the same nature.

    (large grin)

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