Apr 12, 2012 -- 7:50AM, teilhard wrote:

North Korea is just plain simply WIERD ... and a "Pariah" State ... and therefore PARANOID ... and so, DANGEROUS ... 

Who knows what to do with such a Country ... ???

They are weird, and paranoid- but, one imagines, they are not suicidal either. 

They have a handful of nukes (maybe), and are trying to develop the capabiity to put a few of these on rockets.  But to what end?  They can in no way actually contemplate using these in an offensive way.  Even Iran could not contemplate this, and North Korea is no Iran. 

One would think that their intent (like Iran's) is rather to deter any external attack. In the face of such an attack which would doom their regime in any event, use of nukes becomes credible.

Apr 11, 2012 -- 1:13PM, Marcion wrote:

From the early days of space exploration it was decreed that space was open to all nations.

If North Korea plans to launch a weather satellite as they are claiming, why the pucker factor by other nations. Who has the authority to block the peaceful use of space?

www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/us-ko...

Please don't give me the old bullshit about potential military use; the US launcehed most of its early satellites using military rockets. 

Because "if" and "claiming". 

Who has the authority to block rockets IF the rocket is NOT for the launch of a weather satellite as the are  "claiming" ? 

Did the U.S. launch any of the early military rockets for non-peaceful reasons?  

Rockets can be used for both military and for non-military purposes.  

It is not bullshit that rockets have the potiential for both military and non-military purposes. 

So it comes down to whose "claims" you believe.   

Those of the glorious workers paradise the Democratic (?)People's Republic of Korea  or that of good ol USA and their lackeys.  

Apr 12, 2012 -- 10:42PM, teilhard wrote:

The Missile Launch FAILED today ... Better Luck NEXT Time, Guys ...

Amen and amen.............................

I think a TIE fighter shot it down.  I hear there's a Stormtrooper stuck in Austrailia somewhere.

Apr 12, 2012 -- 7:39PM, IDBC wrote:

Apr 11, 2012 -- 1:13PM, Marcion wrote:

From the early days of space exploration it was decreed that space was open to all nations.

If North Korea plans to launch a weather satellite as they are claiming, why the pucker factor by other nations. Who has the authority to block the peaceful use of space?

www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/us-ko...

Please don't give me the old bullshit about potential military use; the US launcehed most of its early satellites using military rockets. 

 

Because "if" and "claiming". 

Who has the authority to block rockets IF the rocket is NOT for the launch of a weather satellite as the are  "claiming" ? 

Did the U.S. launch any of the early military rockets for non-peaceful reasons?  

Rockets can be used for both military and for non-military purposes.  

It is not bullshit that rockets have the potiential for both military and non-military purposes. 

So it comes down to whose "claims" you believe.   

Those of the glorious workers paradise the Democratic (?)People's Republic of Korea  or that of good ol USA and their lackeys.  

 

Our early spy satellites were launched under the guise of the peaceful Discovery program. It was called hide in plain sight. Try doing some research, you may learn something.