North Korea 'test fires' six missles

[MrKris]

Originally Posted by GrafSpee

a bad end, the Heavy Cruiser, scuttled by the crew,

Pocket Battleship, actually

Originally Posted by GrafSpee

back to subject, I think I may be worried that Noth Korea could launch a missle into the sea and, if armed, it could still do great damage to Japan.

Well, there are three more short or medium range missles on the launch pad according to the news reports tonight.

The key will be what China does. They are closest thing North Korea has to an ally.

I still think its possible those Aegis cruisers in the Sea of Japan shot down the long-range missle, and, if so, we'll be giving (well...selling) the technology to Japan.

And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
...Revelation 12:7-9

[GrafSpee]

Ah, yes, that's correct-regarding the ship, it does have that on the Wikipedia site, I found that is a good place to get information.



Do the Aegis cruisers have something like The Patriot Defense system?

Will they be able to intercept every time?

[MrKris]

Some of the info on wikipedia is good, some isn't. Italways better to check against a REAL book.

Aegis cruisers have a very sophistictaed tracking system that can be tied into multiple sources, so they'd make a good platform for tracking an ICBM. Media has reported they can be used top shoot down incoming nmissles so it stands to reason they could shot down outgoing ones provided they were close enough and 'looking' in the right place.

Probably not very reliable if they didn't have a 'heads-up'.

[MrKris]

Japan today is attempting to push forward a UN resolution to levy sanctions against North Korea for its recent missle test. US ambassador John Bolton stated he wanted the relsolution to be under Chapter 7 of the UN charter which provides for military force.

Yesterday, Japanese sources said the long-range Taepodong-2 missle that failed (or was it shot-down? ) was aimed at Hawaii. I think such a report is a canard, as it is virtually impossible to determine the ultimate landing point of a two-stage rocket that fails before the second stage even ignites.

[GrafSpee]

The President is in Chicago today. He stressed several times that he is working on a diplomatic solution to the situation in North Korea.

[MrKris]

Nevertheless the US ambassador to UN is pushing for a chapter 7 resolution (which provides for the use of military force)

Oliver North raised an interesting point earlier today. One of North Korea's biggest sources of foreign export income is missle technology. Now that the Taepodong -2 has failed (or was it shot down?); their won't be much of a market for it.

[GrafSpee]

There could be more going on in that regard. A United States destoyer docked at a port in Japan today, they might be making preparations.

[MrKris]

Originally Posted by GrafSpee

There could be more going on in that regard. A United States destoyer docked at a port in Japan today, they might be making preparations.

Yes I saw that, but BEFORE the North Koreans fired off their missles, there were several reports of Aegis cruisers being sent to the Sea of Japan. Now the media is refering to them as 'older ships'.

I think that lends support to my theory that the TP-2 was shot down.

[MrKris]

Well, it seems a Chinese diplomatic delegation is going to North Korea.

Also, South Korea is critcizing Japan for the 'tough' stand they are taking in the UN.