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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @12:15AM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @12:15AM (#568165)

    I think the rules from the 50's are that territory stops/Space starts at 60,000 feet

    South Korea's defense ministry said the missile traveled about 3,700km and reached a maximum altitude of 770km - both higher and further than previous tests.
    770km == 252625 feet
    Perhaps it only passed through international space.
    Abet, at a trajectory with severe failure modes putting folks in Japan at unnecessary risk.

    What altitude did it pass over Japan's territorial areas?

    No doubt, the NK guy is a pain, but before getting all worked up, technically, exactly what international territorial rule did he violate?
    If there is one, hold him accountable.
    Given a clear violation, even China should have to stop enabling his adventures.
    As in, real sanctions or allowing inspection or return fire to the launch site.

    If there is no violation, then NK needs to explain why this trajectory, which put folks at risk, was necessary.
    Japan should officially ask in the UN.
    If they can't provide a plausible reason, it is at least a loss of face in the UN for NK.
    This might be useful for future action.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @12:31AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @12:31AM (#568174)

    Russia just needs to re-aim their death laser at Kim Little-Penis and the rest of the succeeding males in line to take his place.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday September 15 2017, @02:07AM (1 child)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday September 15 2017, @02:07AM (#568221) Journal

      Just the males? Why, exactly? You do realize that many dynasties have been preserved by the females of the family? If you're going to take out a family, you have to take out ALL of the family. We all remember that females have DNA too, right?

      Hell, the communists knew that when they took out the Tsar and his family. There were zero survivors.

      I stuck around St. Petersburg
      When I saw it was a time for a change
      Killed the Tsar and his ministers
      Anastasia screamed in vain
          - from Sympathy for the Devil

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @09:00PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @09:00PM (#568700)

        I've been wondering if there isn't a radfem posting AC here. At first I thought it was satire, and now I'm not so sure. I'll never know one way or the other, so it's not like I give a damn which it is.

        All I know is that there seem to be a preponderance of people who assume, for reasons I cannot comprehend, that evil is a trait that solely exists on the Y chromosome.

        Kill all the male heirs, topple the patriarchy, and it'll be unicorns and rainbows from then on out, they think.

        This is why we need more women in positions of power. There's no better way to demonstrate that women are just as selfish, greedy, and evil as men than diversity.

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by bob_super on Friday September 15 2017, @12:38AM (2 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday September 15 2017, @12:38AM (#568179)

    The "Edge of space" is officially at 100km.
    At 770 km, the missile went almost twice as high as the ISS orbit. Hundreds of satellite orbits cross over Japan every day which are much lower.
    The Falcon 9 launches don't go a third of that height before coming back down. US Pacific-to/from-West-Coast test ICBM launches happen regularly. Warnings are given, but I don't think autorizations are requested.

    NK's problem is we don't like them, so they shouldn't be capable of doing scary stuff.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @10:41AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @10:41AM (#568365)

      NK's problem is we don't like them, so they shouldn't be capable of doing scary stuff.

      More specifically, the people in power don't want the next country targeted for invasion to be able to defend them selves. Iraq was enough trouble, and the UN weapons inspectors had spent the previous 10 years ensuring that they had no serious defenses.

      • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday September 15 2017, @02:08PM

        by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday September 15 2017, @02:08PM (#568444) Journal

        Iraq had oil. Oilmen took over the US government. The US invaded to get the oil.

        North Korea has nothing anybody wants that they don't already get from South Korea. Nobody wants to invade North Korea.

        --
        Washington DC delenda est.