North Korea Missile Launch Before Trump-Xi Summit Assessed As A Failure
With this missile test being a failure I would be surprised if the Kim regime doesn’t try something else as well to make their point before President Trump’s summit with Chinese premier Xi Jinping:
The Pentagon now assesses the North Korean missile launch Wednesday likely was a failure, Fox News has learned.
The missile did not go as far as intended, officials with knowledge of the latest intelligence reports said. It did not reach Japanese waters and may have “pinwheeled in flight,” according to one official.
What’s more, the missile was an older SCUD — not the advanced land version of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (KN-15), as first assessed by the U.S. Pacific Command last night, a U.S. defense official confirmed. North Korea launched a KN-15 missile in February — as President Trump hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Florida.
A senior administration official told Fox News the launch didn’t represent much of a provocation on North Korea’s part.
In a 23-word statement, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made it clear the administration was moving in a new direction: “North Korea launched yet another intermediate range ballistic missile. The United States has spoken enough about North Korea. We have no further comment.” [Fox News]
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“North Korea launched yet another intermediate range ballistic missile. The United States has spoken enough about North Korea. We have no further comment.”
That minimalist comment by Tillerson put the Fear into me… and we are ostensibly on the same side.
One wonders if Trump will slot a cruise missile or two for the next nuke North Korea starts transporting to a hole… setting them back a decade by contaminating the area and doing in a building or two full of experienced scientists and technicians.
…followed by “I am not Obama. Anybody else want to be a fuukaround? No? Nobody? I’m not hearing any threats. Come on. Somebody? Anybody? Say America will burn in a sea of fire. Come on. Do it. I’m waiting. Uh-huh. That’s what I thought. Keep walking, biitches.”
…followed by “Listen up, fatboy. Eat your kimchee, drink your cognac, and have fun with the Pleasure Brigade… but we take your threats seriously and we just aren’t going to let that become a reality. So, if you like your current lifestyle, put the weapons away, shut your mouth, and go find a party… because the alternative means the surviving elite will be eaten by villagers as they flee their ruined cities.”
…followed by “Hey China and South Korea, if you can’t sweep up your shyt, we will. We have been buying your leaded baby formula and exploding phones long enough to earn a little cooperation. If you want to continue selling us any if that crap at all, best shut the fuuk up and get on the program.”
umiru bolno
umiru bolno?
Niggaaaa, please.
Croatia needs more billy goats to clear out the bridge trolls…