North Korea's Long Range Missle was in Fact Aimed at Hawaii.
 

I'd hate to be living in Hawaii right now. :helpme

I'd hate to be living in a cesspit like Hawaii anyway...

Post a link ???? wtf happened to that

i am going to have to raise the propoganda flag on that one... do you have a link?

PS: TEXAS DREAMS... PLEASE CREATE A RAISING THE PROPOGANDA FLAG SMILEY!

Report: N. Korea Missile Aimed at Hawaii


Friday July 7, 2006 4:01 AM

TOKYO (AP) - North Korea targeted waters near Hawaii when it fired a long-range missile this week, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday.

The long-range Taepodong-2 was part of a barrage of seven missiles test-fired by North Korea on Wednesday. They all fell harmlessly into the Sea of Japan, but South Korean officials said the long-range missile had malfunctioned, suggesting it was intended for a more remote target.

Japan's conservative mainstream daily Sankei

said that Japanese and U.S. defense officials have concluded that the Taepodong-2 had targeted the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean, after analyzing data collected from their intelligence equipment.

The newspaper quoted unidentified Japanese and U.S. government officials.

The officials decided that the missile was pointed at Hawaii from its angle immediately after launch and the altitude it reached, after analyzing data collected by destroyers equipped with the Aegis radar combat system and RC-135S electronic reconnaissance aircraft, the newspaper said.

It said the findings support a belief North Korean intended the launch as a protest over U.S. economic sanctions against the isolated regime.

But Pentagon officials said Thursday that the brief flight of the Taepodong-2 missile made it difficult to collect useful technical data, including its intended target, its payload and whether it was a two-stage or three-stage missile.

Some U.S. officials were even leaning toward the theory that it was configured as a space launch to deliver a satellite into orbit, rather than as a flight test of a ballistic missile.

Japanese Defense Agency refused to confirm the Sankei report.

The Taepodong-2, North Korea's most advanced missile, has a range of up to 15,000 kilometers (9,300 miles) and believed capable of reaching parts of the United States with a light payload.

Hawaii is about 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles) southwest of North Korea.

The daily said it was not immediately known why Hawaii was targeted, but added that analysts believe Pyongyang might have tried to demonstrate that the missile could reach the United States, or because Hawaii is home to the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

North Korea might have avoided targeting Alaska because of a risk that the missile could mistakenly hit a land area in that route, the report said.

i heard that on FOX as well - fucking scary

Report: North Korean Missile Was Aimed at Hawaii

Thursday , July 06, 2006

TOKYO hahaha8212; href="javascript:siteSearch('North Korea');">North Korea targeted waters near Hawaii when it fired a long-range missile this week, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday.

The long-range Taepodong-2 was part of a barrage of seven missiles test-fired by North Korea on Wednesday. They all fell harmlessly into the Sea of Japan, but South Korean officials said the long-range missile had malfunctioned, suggesting it was intended for a more remote target.

Japan's conservative mainstream daily Sankei said that Japanese and U.S. defense officials have concluded that the Taepodong-2 had targeted the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean, after analyzing data collected from their intelligence equipment.

hahaha8226; CountryWatch: North Korea

The newspaper quoted unidentified Japanese and U.S. government officials.

The officials decided that the missile was pointed at Hawaii from its angle immediately after launch and the altitude it reached, after analyzing data collected by destroyers equipped with the Aegis radar combat system and RC-135S electronic reconnaissance aircraft, the newspaper said.

It said the findings support a belief North Korean intended the launch as a protest over U.S. economic sanctions against the isolated regime.

But Pentagon officials said Thursday that the brief flight of the Taepodong-2 missile made it difficult to collect useful technical data, including its intended target, its payload and whether it was a two-stage or three-stage missile.

Some U.S. officials were even leaning toward the theory that it was configured as a space launch to deliver a satellite into orbit, rather than as a flight test of a ballistic missile.

Japanese Defense Agency refused to confirm the Sankei report.

The Taepodong-2, North Korea's most advanced missile, has a range of up to 9,300 miles and believed capable of reaching parts of the United States with a light payload.

Hawaii is about 4,350 miles southwest of North Korea.

The daily said it was not immediately known why Hawaii was targeted, but added that analysts believe Pyongyang might have tried to demonstrate that the missile could reach the United States, or because Hawaii is home to the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

North Korea might have avoided targeting Alaska because of a risk that the missile could mistakenly hit a land area in that route, the report said.

CNN seems to be the only agency which hasn't reported it.

Oh ya...the first link is the Guardian. The second is FoxNews.

That's rather disconcerning

thats crazy, i have family in hawaii :(

So what? It's not like they are actually going to strike the US.

yeah, they wanted to show how close they could get and just totally screwed it up :1orglaugh

Bush looks like a retard in that article. Look at that photo

When does he not look like a retard?

So does N. Korea's leader. What kind of world do we live in that would allow those two monkeys to run nuclear capable countries?:Oh crap

Why do I not believe this is a transparent news article based on any fact?? :winkwink:

"Hawaii is about 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles) southwest of North Korea"...

uhhh not the last time I looked it wasn't although the tectonic plates in the area do move about all the time.

southeast sounds about right.

Great, something to keep us distracted while other shit falls apart in the US.

Interesting ride this administration has had, gotta say that even if you can't stand them...

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a foreign newspaper citing unnamed sources makes a sensational, unsubstantiated claim to elevate political tensions and all the sheep go baaahhhhh.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

You think? :winkwink: :1orglaugh

This sounds like a repeat of the usual boring old shit that was used before to up the "anti" and give a justification for something.... wonder what that could be?

http://moblog.co.uk/blogs/319/moblog_a38db64e0b8b4.jpg

"Say it ain't so!"

man id die if anything happened to him ahaha

"in Fact" has no place in that headline.

There is no way you could read that article and conclude that "in fact" it was headed towards Hawaii.

What was that missile's name? The USS Maine?

some crazy idiots

Anyone else notice how the articles title basically gets refuted, in the article itself? They just said they dont know what the hell it is or what its intended target it? Or am I just crazy..

time to bring out the nukes?

Exactly :thumbsup The thing failed with in seconds well before it blew up or was blown up. So unless there is other intelligence, who knows where it was intended to go?

If it was headed for Hawaii I sure the hell hope it would be shot down well before it got there. There are patriot missles in Hawaii, right?

It would be absolute shit if the missle were let to hit land fall just to rile the world and the US population.

Why go after Hawaii, isnt Japan a better target for them?

They said thursday they had a hard time collecting info but today they got it. I guess. Like Bush fuckin' knows whats going on give me a break. Hey maybe if every troop the US had to offer wasn't in IRAQ fighting invisible WMD we could auctally go fight the guy THAT IS SHOOTING THEM AT US.

What the hell is wrong with N. Korea anyway

damn we are all about to die :(

they did this to improve trade relations? :error :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

anyway it didn't rich Hawaii. i don't think that is true. They keep saying the same about Russia.

fucking idiots.

all 7 missles failed to get past the sea of japan?

unbelieveable. that missle is easily capable of 4000 miles plus and they made it jsut 500 miles or so into the sea of japan.


haha.

Pretty scary

If fox news says so and shoots out 30 Fox news alerts in 2hrs IT HAS TO BE TRUE!

Kill Charley

There are other implications if the missles started travelling much further or "appear" to be targetted at a specific country :winkwink:

They may not be percieved as being "tests" otherwise :)

The N. Koreans didn't aim at shit, their tech amounts to spin the fucking bottle with a rocket and one happened to end up drifting in the general direction of Hawaii.

Call me when Kim Jong-ill gets a decent haircut and then I'll know their tech is improving, until then, I'm not worrying.

Yeah, somebody better call Dog the Bounty Hunter.

damn thats fucked up

no shiiit

They missed :1orglaugh

So much for Korean sneak attacks :2 cents:

Why are you so conserned about their testings?
N Korea was not even in the special agreement of nuke managing. So formaly they didn't have to tell the whole world about their testings. The only thing they are wrong about is that didn't tell other ships in Japan See to be careful and do not enter the place of testings.

edit....

wrong post :(