[*JR*]

Originally Posted by Halardfan

Hopefully the regime won't try to cover their ineptitude by claiming the rocket was shot down, whether by South Korea or Japan...

The North Korean regime has to be somewhere at the peak of crazed despicable regimes.

Yeah, but is Pak Jin Jun hot or what?

[JN]

Originally Posted by tennisbum79

North Korean officials are not talking... I wonder what they will tell their people

They'll tell them it was actually a rocket fired submersible that's now on it's way to the core of the planet to claim it as a N. Korean territory.

[tennisbum79]

Originally Posted by profesorakittens

I really wonder how much money is really put into the North Korean military. Clearly they feed and house the soldiers but the R&D is lacking.

Apparently, they got technology from China and Russia, but the North Koreans, maybe because of trust issues or pride, decided to develop their own technology; which is not very good according to experts.

Originally Posted by profesorakittens

Hopefully China can confirm this...just to add another dimension of credibility, them being an ally

In that part of the world, you don't embarrass your ally by divulging potentially embarrassing news.

I bet China won't official say anything, although the Chinese government may have troubled blocking social media from talking about it.

[JustineTime]

John Wesley Austin was right!

[$uricate]

The rocket was a massive success. It was on the news just there. It was always the intention to launch into the sea.

Everyone is just gelis

[Super Dave]

[CrossCourt~Rally]

Originally Posted by Dave Robertson

[Melange]

i miss the Dear Leader

[njnetswill]

Originally Posted by tennisbum79

Apparently, they got technology from China and Russia, but the North Koreans, maybe because of trust issues or pride, decided to develop their own technology; which is not very good according to experts.



In that part of the world, you don't embarrass your ally by divulging potentially embarrassing news.

I bet China won't official say anything, although the Chinese government may have troubled blocking social media from talking about it.

China thinks of North Korea like an annoying but geopolitically useful stepbrother. I can assure you that top Chinese officials looked like this throughout this entire fiasco: But you are right, they probably won't make public comment.

I was in China when Kim Jung-Il died and trust me, no one in China thinks of North Korea as anything but a poor, backwards, sad little place.

[Melange]

Originally Posted by $uricate

The rocket was a massive success. It was on the news just there. It was always the intention to launch into the sea.

Everyone is just gelis

It is actually secretly a giant nuclear torpedo

[Nicolás89]

I don't know what the big fuss is about, it was just a satelite not a missile or anything. And many countries have failed in making their satelites orbit earth, the US included.

[Melange]

^ thats the cover for developing ballistic technology, the same crap amerika used with the space race as an excuse to spend on military research

[Sammo]

[tennisbum79]

Originally Posted by Matías.

I don't know what the big fuss is about, it was just a satelite not a missile or anything. And many countries have failed in making their satelites orbit earth, the US included.

Of course many countries have had many failed launches.

But they don't try to turn the unsuccessful launch to a success.

Let's be real here, we are talking North Korea here.


China and Soviet Union used to play the same game, but given their relative openness, they can't pull that stunt anymore.
In Asia in general, Chinese and Korean culture in particular, saving face is very important.

[pierce85]

I wonder how many scientists are going to get executed for this failure