Picture of the Day: North Korea’s Rocket Man Promoted to Full General
A documentary aired on Dec. 3, 2015, by the North’s Korean Central Broadcast TV shows Kim Rak-gyom (circled), commander of strategic forces, bearing a shoulder insignia with four stars, indicating he has been promoted to general. The strategic forces, upgraded at the end of 2013 from the strategic rocket forces, commands and controls missile units. Kim was promoted to colonel general, equivalent to lieutenant general, in February last year, and his fast rise suggests he was rewarded for his achievements in rocket development. (Yonhap)
He’s not the man they think he is at home.
North Korea ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.
It’s just his job, five days a week.
All that science… Do you think he understands?
If there are too many launch mishaps, do you think he’s gonna live a long, long time?