North Korea says they’ll launch a long-range rocket soon
North Korea announced Saturday that it would attempt to launch a long-range rocket in mid-December, a defiant move just eight months after a failed April bid was widely condemned as a violation of a U.N. ban against developing its nuclear and missile programs.
The launch, set for Dec. 10 to 22, is likely to heighten already strained tensions with Washington and Seoul as the United States prepares for Barack Obama’s second term as U.S. president and South Korea holds its own presidential election on Dec. 19. …
A spokesman for North Korea’s Korean Committee for Space Technology said scientists have “analyzed the mistakes” made in the failed April launch and improved the precision of its Unha rocket and Kwangmyongsong satellite, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
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There is a lesson to be learned here.
Even though their people are literally reduced to cannibalism to survive, the progressive government of North Korea still finds the wherewithal to do all this wacky stuff to waste money.
Think on that while 0bama flushes America’s wealth down the drain, thinking that eventually we’ll reach bottom. Because that bottom is very, very deep.
Rebar on December 1, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Footage:
http://www.gifbin.com/986607
lester on December 1, 2012 at 3:24 PM
Well, they’ve got China as a sugar daddy. That helps to keep some money coming in.
Dack Thrombosis on December 1, 2012 at 3:54 PM
Kim Jong Pottypants and his toys.
Limerick on December 1, 2012 at 4:01 PM
Wile E. Coyote to the white courtesy phone.
CurtZHP on December 1, 2012 at 4:32 PM