North Korea Missile Test Fails Shortly After Launch
It looks like the North Koreans blew themselves up again:
A North Korean missile fired Wednesday exploded “within seconds of launch,” according to US Pacific Command.
US officials confirmed North Korea had attempted to launch a missile near Kalma, on the country’s east coast, but early reports suggest it failed.“South Korea and the US are aware of the missile launch and to their knowledge North Korea’s missile was not successfully launched,” South Korea’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement.Neither the US nor South Korea have released information on what type of missile was fired, or why it failed. The US Pacific Command said it was working with partners to assess it further. [CNN]
You can read more at the link, but no word on what type of missile this was yet. Considering that the missile failed it makes me wonder if it was yet another Musudan test?
I believe the appropriate response is: