N. Korea fires ballistic missile: S. Korea JCS

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SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile from South Pyongan Province early Wednesday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

The missile flew eastward and the South Korean military is analyzing details with the U.S., it said.

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gawd there's a cryptic post


:lol: nothing more Porky?

[Muddy]

gawd there's a cryptic post


:lol: nothing more Porky?

Byong hap! :x

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Katherine Lam | Fox News


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North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile in the middle of the night local time Wednesday, the first such launch from the rogue regime in more than two months, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News.

South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, which first reported the launch, said the missile "flew eastward from the vicinity of Pyongyang" toward the Sea of Japan, according to South Korean military officials. The missile launch happened around 3 a.m. in North Korea. South Korea’s military had reportedly staged a “precision strike” missile exercise in response.

An official told Fox News the U.S. military was still analyzing the data to determine what type of ballistic missile was launched. North Korea has been working hard to perfect “re-entry” technology to one day have a warhead be able to survive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.

Col. Robert Manning III, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement: "We are in the process of assessing the situation, and we will be providing additional details when available.”

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted President Trump was briefed on the North Korean missile launch "while it was still in the air.”
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Japan's Prime Minister's Office for disaster and crisis management information tweeted shortly after the report: "North Korea launched a missile that has the possibility of arriving in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of our country," according to a translation. NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting organization, cited its defense military saying the missile may have landed in Japan’s EEZ, where it has jurisdiction on marine resources.
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This is the first missile launch since North Korea fired an intermediate-range KN-17 on Sept. 15 that flew over Japan's Hokkaido Island before splashing into the Pacific Ocean. There have been signs indicating Kim Jong Un’s regime was planning a missile launch in recent days. Japan’s Kyodo News reported Monday the Japanese government detected radio signals pointing to a possible missile test in the near future. However, satellite images did not show a missile or movable launch pad.

North Korea's Sept. 15 missile launch flew 2,300 miles out, putting the U.S. island territory of Guam within its range. Kim previously threatened to strike the island with four medium-range ballistic missiles in August, but ultimately stepped away from the plan.

North Korea’s lull in missile launches made October the only month a test wasn’t conducted since the start of the year. Between February and September, the regime tested a missile an average of every two weeks. This is also the first provocation since Trump designated North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism.

South Korean unification minister Cho Myoung-gyon told foreign correspondents in Seoul on Tuesday that North Korea is on the verge of achieving full nuclear capability with an intercontinental ballistic missile that could carry a nuclear warhead, according to Yonhap News Agency.

“North Korea has been developing its nuclear weapons at a faster-than-expected pace. We cannot rule out the possibility that North Korea could announce its completion of a clear force within one year," Cho said.

Hawaii officials announced Wednesday the beginning of monthly siren tests, starting Friday. The tests would be conducted to prepare islanders for a possible nuclear missile attack by North Korea. The tests would be the first since the Cold War.

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:lol: love that cash register receipt

"Missile...may fall into Sea surrounding Japan."

They don't have any slightly more distinct radar info on where it is and where it will be?

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gawd there's a cryptic post


:lol: nothing more Porky?

That was all that had been released :lol:

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That was all that had been released :lol:

Missile launched; you may be fucked.

More at 11 :lol:

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pretty much

[Godfather]

Only a matter of time before we hear they've tested one of these from one of their ballistic submarines... that will be extremely startling :meh: I've got a feeling the US has a strong edge over their subs, but still...

[Muddy]

Good or bad, we do have a war raging machine stationed off of their coast. I would hope they even realize what Bong Yun Un has gotten them into. The people are starving ravaged with parasites.. I swear man, I think that guy is not good for the North Korean people..

[Griffin]

It's not just the North Koreans, this dip shit is setting a stage that will effect the whole planet.

[lost in melb.]

Good or bad, we do have a war raging machine stationed off of their coast. I would hope they even realize what Bong Yun Un has gotten them into. The people are starving ravaged with parasites.. I swear man, I think that guy is not good for the North Korean people..

Given the Korean people were one in 1945, we have the perfect social experiment: Western democracy vs. Communist puppet state turned Dictatorship

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Porky seen as the nukes will be aimed at you can I have your bitcoin stuff? :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Given the Korean people were one in 1945, we have the perfect social experiment: Western democracy vs. Communist puppet state turned Dictatorship

Have you seen the state of the people of North Korea? I think this 'experiment' was over a long time ago and there is one side that is clearly the victor.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

FOX News


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North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un ordered his engineers on Tuesday to launch the country’s new intercontinental ballistic missile with "courage" a day ahead of the flight test where it demonstrated its reach deep into the U.S. mainland.

State television on Wednesday broadcast a photo of Kim's signed order where he wrote: "Test launch is approved. Taking place at the daybreak of Nov. 29! Fire with courage for the party and country!"

North Korea’s state television said that the nuclear-capable intercontinental-ballistic missile that was launched earlier is “significantly more” powerful than the previous weapon and puts the entire United States in its crosshairs.

The report called the weapon a Hwasong 15. The launch was detected after it was fired early Wednesday morning from a site near Pyongyang.

South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, which first reported the launch, said the missile launch happened around 3 a.m. local time in North Korea. South Korea fired pinpoint missiles into nearby waters to make sure North Korea understands it can be "taken under fire" by the South, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said.

The South Korean military said that the missile was fired from an area near Pyongyang. It reached a height of 2,796 miles and traveled 596 miles, demonstrating the potential to reach a range of 8,100 miles. David Wright, a U.S. physicist who has studied North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs, said that this would put any part of the U.S. comfortably within reach of a North Korean missile strike.

One factor that could significantly affect the missile’s range is the payload. If, as expected, it carried a light mock warhead, then its effective range would have been shorter, analyst said.

North Korea has been working to perfect “re-entry” technology to one day have a warhead be able to survive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. This ICBM would be able to hit any city within the U.S. if a warhead is able to survive re-entry.

It was determined by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) that the missile "did not pose a threat to North America, our territories or our allies," Pentagon spokesman Col. Robert Manning III told Fox News.

Manning, in an earlier statement, said: "We are in the process of assessing the situation, and we will be providing additional details when available.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Porky seen as the nukes will be aimed at you can I have your bitcoin stuff? :lol:

I will setup an automated email to send you my wallet ID and passwords in the event I am killed. :lol:

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:lol: cheers mate