North Korean rocket fails in attempt to put spy satellite into orbit
In North Korea’s first attempt today to place a spy satellite into orbit since 2016, the rocket failed shortly after launch, dropping into the ocean.
But the rocket lost thrust and plunged into the sea with its satellite payload, the official Korean Central News Agency reported. It added that authorities would investigate the “serious defects” revealed by the launch and conduct another test as soon as possible.
South Korea’s military said it had managed to locate and salvage a portion of the suspected debris. It released images showing a large barrel-like metal structure with thin pipes and wires at the bottom, which experts said might be a liquid fuel tank.
The U.S., Japan, and South Korea all condemned the launch as violating UN sanctions, as did the UN’s secretary-general.
The recovery by South Korea could yield a great deal of technical information about North Korea’s rocketry and missile program.
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In North Korea’s first attempt today to place a spy satellite into orbit since 2016, the rocket failed shortly after launch, dropping into the ocean.
But the rocket lost thrust and plunged into the sea with its satellite payload, the official Korean Central News Agency reported. It added that authorities would investigate the “serious defects” revealed by the launch and conduct another test as soon as possible.
South Korea’s military said it had managed to locate and salvage a portion of the suspected debris. It released images showing a large barrel-like metal structure with thin pipes and wires at the bottom, which experts said might be a liquid fuel tank.
The U.S., Japan, and South Korea all condemned the launch as violating UN sanctions, as did the UN’s secretary-general.
The recovery by South Korea could yield a great deal of technical information about North Korea’s rocketry and missile program.
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In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
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As was said about Saddam Hussien’s regime: “They have a fairly dynamic zero defects program.”
I’m sure some unfortunate scientist in N. Korea has already been taken out and shot for this failure.
How many divisions does the Secretary-General have?
About as many as the Pope, I would imagine.
Boom Ka-Pow-Blam there gose their Spy Sattleite