North Korean Missile Launch Fails, and a Show of Strength Fizzles. NYT

[elleng]

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched a ballistic missile Sunday morning from near its submarine base in Sinpo on its east coast, but the launch failed, according to the South Korean military.

The timing was a deep embarrassment for the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, because the missile appeared to have been launched to show off his daring as a fleet of American warships approached his country to deter provocations.

“U.S. Pacific Command detected and tracked what we assess was a North Korean missile launch at 11:21 a.m. Hawaii time April 15. The launch of the ballistic missile occurred near Sinpo,” said Cmdr. Dave Benham, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Command.

The missile blew up almost immediately, and the type of missile involved was still being assessed, he said.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/world/asia/north-korea-missiles-pyongyang-kim-jong-un.html?

[MineralMan]

1. Premature Explodation, it seems.

[Warpy]

2. I watched the parade yesterday and thought the "ICBMs" looked a

little on the small side and wondered exactly how well they worked.

I think the point was the big, bulbous warheads on them that were supposed to scare the hell out of military wonks. From what I've read today, that part was successful.

NK is finding out what we found out in the 1950s, building reliable nukes and a reliable system to deliver them to remote targets is a lot harder than it looks.

All of us who grew up watching Vanguard launches realize that.

[elleng]

3. Right, yes we did,

and it's the delivery systems that are most problematic.

[WheelWalker]

4. An unplanned detonation of a prescribed explosion.

[jehop61]

5. Heads in N Korea

will roll. Kim doesn't like being made a fool of.

[AJT]

6. If his ego is anything like 45s, he feels humiliated and

will need to "show them" what a tough guy he is by testing the nuke.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. This was probably the best outcome for Chump and Lil Kim.

It couldn't be better if it was planned. He gets to show he isn't afraid of Chump and Chump doesn't get a pretext in his addled mind to attack. It's almost as if the hand of God was involved, this being Easter weekend and all.

[guillaumeb]

8. One assumes that a North Korean official will be executed.

But the corporate media will still hype the threat.

[nikibatts]

9. No laughing matter. They still did it so US show of force and bloviating 45 didn't stop them.

Keep on. What do we have to lose? All of S.K. that's what.

[Takket]

10. some North Koreans are getting executed tonight...............

i'd be heading for the hills if i was the scientist in charge of that project.

[bigtree]

11. 2 duds

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