April 05, 2009
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command officials acknowledged today that North Korea launched a Taepo Dong 2 missile at 10:30 p.m. EDT Saturday which passed over the Sea of Japan/East Sea and the nation of Japan.
Stage one of the missile fell into the Sea of Japan/East Sea. The remaining stages along with the payload itself landed in the Pacific Ocean.
No object entered orbit and no debris fell on Japan.
NORAD and USNORTHCOM assessed the space launch vehicle as not a threat to North America or Hawaii and took no action in response to this launch.
This is all of the information that will be provided by NORAD and USNORTHCOM pertaining to the launch.
Hmmmmm.
Analyst: Pyongyang is Obama's pretest for Tehran
Prof. Eytan Gilboa says US president faces first test of leadership as world waits for Washington's reaction to N. Korea's brazen missile launch. 'If he fails to act now, he can forget about acting against Iran,' he says
Update: More words from Obama's telepromter...
H/T Bungalow Bill's Conservative Wisdom
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