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Title: North Korea ballistic missile test fails: Report
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NBC News
URL Source: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/28/nort ... -ballistic-missile-report.html
Published: Apr 28, 2017
Author: Christine Wang
Post Date: 2017-04-28 17:50:25 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 1116
Comments: 6
North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday in local time, Korean news service Yonhap reported citing South Korea's military.
A U.S. official confirmed to NBC News that there was a failed test and that it was not nuclear.
The incident comes as the United States reconsiders its strategy in dealing with the isolated nation.
In an interview with Reuters published late Thursday, President Donald Trump said "major, major" conflict with North Korea is possible, but that he would prefer a diplomatic solution.
Trump also told Reuters that he wants South Korea to pay for the $1 billion missile defense system. The system, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), is designed to protect South Korea and Japan from missile attack, and it could be operational as soon as summer 2017.
On Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged the United Nations to take new sanctions against North Korea.
House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday that the chamber would hold a vote on sanctions next week, which he said would target North Korea's shipping industry and "those who employ North Korean slave labor abroad."
This story is developing. Please check back for further updates.
— NBC News, Reuters, CNBC's Jacob Pramuk and Everett Rosenfeld contributed to this report.
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South Korea's military said Kim Jong-Un's regime had fired the unidentified missile from around Pukchang, which is near the North's capital.Seoul and Washington said the mid-range ballistic missile had apparently failed shortly after launch. It reportedly appeared to have blown up a few seconds into the flight.
The video above says the missile was fired from "off the coast".
That may not be right. Maybe an island? As far as I remember the nork capital is not near any coast.
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul#2. To: cranky (#0)
Kim is a little desperate for a win here, failed missile launches don't put fear into your enemy, and there may be some rocket scientists get reassigned to a farm for correction
#3. To: hondo68 (#1)
#4. To: paraclete (#2)
" there may be some rocket scientists get reassigned to a farm for correction "
Or used for bayonet practice.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt
I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
#5. To: Stoner (#4)
Or used for bayonet practice.
enough failures and they may use Kim for bayonet practice
#6. To: paraclete (#2)
failed missile launches don't put fear into your enemy
They seem to be scaring Trump and his neocon cabal.
He should be laughing at the ineptitude of N. Korea.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
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