North Korea Missile Watch

WONG:
Today's top story... another act of defiance by North Koreas communist regime. A new threat of a possible satellite and missile launch have been announced. It comes despite a strong warning from the U.S. against taking these kinds of measures.

STORY:
North Korea said Tuesday it was preparing a satellite launch, which analysts say may actually be a test of it longest-range missile.

Hiking tensions on the Korean peninsula and spooking Seoul financial markets, the announcement by Pyongyang's KCNA news agency came despite a U.S. warning against provocative moves.

If successful, North Korea would have a missile with a maximum range of 6,700 km, or 4,200 miles, which could be seen as a direct security threat to the U.S.

In the last few weeks, North Korea has said it has the right to develop a peaceful space program, using a multi-stage rocket.

It last tested such a rocket in 2006, when it flew for a few seconds and then blew apart.

Pyongyang has a history of similar brinkmanship at times of heightened regional diplomacy, and the news came as Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso prepared for a U.S. summit with President Barack Obama.

The North has separately threatened to attack South Korea, warning that war is imminent, although analysts do not believe the impoverished nation would risk a larger conflict.

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• North
• Koreas
• communist
• regime
• attack
• conflict
• multi-stage
• rocket

[wowpapa]

I live in America and I am seeing it go down the dumps every day. It is becoming the reincarnation of Nazi Germany which is just as bad if not worse than North Korea. This Imperialism has got to stop and we have got to stop fighting Israels wars for them. They want to go to war with Iran they do it, they got plenty of our weapons to do it without us. And we have just continued to make the world hate us with what we are doing in the Middle East.

[Smokie181]

@shameer123321 Yea I'm mad that USA is a dictatorship rampaging through the world stealing resources, killing innocent people and children, invading countries, creating unjust wars, removing the peoples liberties, poisoning the world and on and on and on and on...yea I got lot's of shit to be pissed about USA for.

[GxKaM1KaZ3xZ]

75% of the world hates america next time they got to war with any other country will be the end of america and the begining of WW3

[jamnin94]

@wowpapa and in the time since u left this comment obama has signed NDAA which is the biggest leap toward a fascist police state. the US is no longer free

[burnit01]

North Korea is the best Korea they say.....Sometimes I feel bad for people live in NK but who am I to say that they are not happy?...

[arrenoceros]

cold war again...tsk tsk..

[smallville0forever]

japan and usa wont dare to shoot down the north korean satellite because NK threatened japan with another Hiroshima if that happened

[ali4330]

If North Korea could target USA easily vice versa than the world will be asafe place..Nobody will dare to atttack others..

[janmadytay]

@wowpapa I agree pull out of the middle east all together and let those mindless animals destroy each other....