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Saturday, March 17, 2012

VOA - "North Korea Plans April 'Space' Launch"

North Korea Plans April 'Space' Launch | Asia | English

 In what is likely to be widely considered a violation of its recent agreement to halt ballistic-missile tests, North Korea has made a surprise announcement that it intends to conduct a satellite launch next month.  The North Korean announcement first came during Friday's noon radio newscast from Pyongyang.  It quotes an unnamed spokesman of the country's Outer Space Technology Committee saying an earth observatory satellite will be launched between April 12 and 16. Most significantly, the announcement specifies the payload will be carried into orbit on the Unha-3, the latest version of what is believed to be a three-stage long-range ballistic missile the intelligence community contends is designed to eventually carry North Korean nuclear weapons.

Comment........Carried into orbit by the same ballistic missile that would carry a nuclear weapon...Now that is a very interesting statement...Wanna bet they will be watching every thing we do? I wonder what Obama is going to say about this...If anything...Maybe he will joke about it like he does about the gas prices....

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