April 5, 200917 yr Watching BBC at this time, they are reporting that the North Koreans launched their rocket at 0230 UTC Sunday. First stage fell into the Sea of Japan, second stage fell into the Pacific ocean east of Japan. Nations in the region are lodging the usual protests. Apparently there was no effort by Japanese air defence to shoot the weapon down Depending on the apogee of the flight path, I'd guess we're looking at an IRBM class weapon. While the news calls this 'signifigant' I would say that it is somewhat less so. They need to perfect an RV and I don't see any nation allowing that kind of test near their borders. Remember that this is based on Scud technology. Later D
April 5, 200917 yr Good call Dale, Read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7982874.stm
April 5, 200917 yr It looks like they got the first stage right, anyway. (That's the one that gave em trouble before). Looks like there were issues with the second stage.
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