North Korean rocket fails soon after launch

So I'm waiting for some misguided miscreant to claim that the rocket was sabotaged by the Americans or the Israeli's.

The thing is, North Korea *seems* to want aid (food aid in particular) from the west (in particular the US). Given the trustworthyness (ie none) of the rulers there, it seems rather foolish for the US to provide aid to North Korea which might well be used by the rulers. If they need food, it seems to me, that China would be the logical 'go to' for North Korea. China doesn't want North Korea to collapse, as it would create a refugee problem in China which they don't want to handle and it might strengthen the South Koreans, something else China does not want.

Good, glad it failed. Word on the street is these launches are disguised ballistics tests...
Even if they are not, and they are a true scientific endeavor, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with extremists like that in control of that technology.

so.. successful test of satellite laser systems? ;)
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Janice

so.. successful test of satellite laser systems? ;)

LOL...you beat me to it.
I was just gonna say..at least nobody had to shoot it down.

Or did they?

That rocket is mostly russian technology given the fact that last year 2 or 3 russian satellite rockets failed in russia even 1 was carrying 2 glonass (russian gps) satellites.

But there were some news that n.k.'s were trying to sell gps jammers to iranians which with effective protection range of 150km.
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So I'm waiting for some misguided miscreant to claim that the rocket was sabotaged by the Americans or the Israeli's.

So I'm waiting for some misguided miscreant to claim that the rocket was sabotaged by the Americans or the Israeli's.

No need to encourage MG. He'll do that soon enough on his own.

Point - but perhaps we'll see a rant mode....

So I'm waiting for some misguided miscreant to claim that the rocket was sabotaged by the Americans or the Israeli's.

No need to encourage MG. He'll do that soon enough on his own.

But there were some news that n.k.'s were trying to sell gps jammers to iranians which with effective protection range of 150km.

That would be great fun watching all the drivers totally up the proverbial, and most not having a clue as to map reading (let alone carrying a map).

any jammer is a transmitter, therefore a target.

The Korean Rocket escape attempt was thrwarted by the supreme leaders sub-par
engineering skills.
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Janice

It's a shame the people are starving in NK. Otherwise this would be funny
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Regarding the US holding off on food aid, as I understand it that aid was offered in exchange for NK not doing what it just tried to do. So the choice was that of the NK.

Aside from that, it strikes me that NK is China's 'client state' and the China does not want NK to collapse (both because China does not want an additional flood of NK refugees over the border in to China and would not be happy to see Korea united under the South Koreans). China has the resources and the location to readily offer food aid to NK, it should be on them to offer it.