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Lee Jin-man

North Korea test fires apparent ballistic missile

The launch was apparently successful but the missile failed in the early stage of flight.

NORTH KOREA HAS test-fired what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), Seoul’s defence ministry said, a day after the US and South Korea decided to deploy an advanced missile defence system in the South.

The launch was apparently successful but the missile failed in the early stage of flight, the South Korean defence ministry said in a statement.

North Korea previously fired an SLBM on April 23 in a test hailed as an “eye-opening success” by leader Kim Jong-Un, who at the time declared his country had the ability to strike Seoul and the US whenever it pleased.

Seoul said the North launched “what was believed to be an SLBM” from waters off the northeastern port of Sinpo at around 11.30 am (0.30 GMT).

Yonhap news agency said the missile, launched from a Sinpo-class submarine, reached an altitude of some 10 kilometres (six miles) before exploding in mid-air.

The US Strategic Command said the missile was tracked over the Sea of Japan, where initial indications suggested it fell.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command said the launch did not pose a threat to North America.

“We strongly condemn this and North Korea’s other recent missile tests, which violate UN Security Council Resolutions explicitly prohibiting North Korea’s launches using ballistic missile technology”, Pentagon Spokesman Gary Ross said.

He urged the North “to refrain from actions that further raise tensions in the region”.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the launch did not pose an immediate threat.

- © AFP, 2016

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    Mute P. ENNIS
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    Jul 9th 2016, 1:21 PM

    According to local north Korean state news they are in the finals of Euro 2016 to play France and are favorites to win.

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    Jul 9th 2016, 1:24 PM

    Well has anyone really ever seen Portugal and North Korea at the same time?

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    Jul 9th 2016, 1:29 PM

    OMG that makes perfect sense they do have a bit of an Asian look about them.

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    Mute Donnchadh
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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:04 PM

    My money is on them after winning the World Cup final 7-0 be foolish not to

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    Mute Alan Kelly's Ego
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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:06 PM

    Kim to score 2 perfect hat tricks

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    Mute Al Ca
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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:12 PM

    As the fattest man in North Korea, Kim also plays as goal keeper….nothing gets pass him.

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    Mute Dave Walsh
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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:18 PM

    Haha! 2 perfect hat tricks to make it 7-0 :-) .. bonus goal for Kim!!

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    Mute Alan Cooke
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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:54 PM

    Where’s Wally?

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    Jul 9th 2016, 9:50 PM

    Starving to death in N. Korea, Alan.

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    Jul 9th 2016, 1:29 PM

    You have to laugh at the Americans.. According to them North Korea aren’t allowed to have certain types of missiles and other crap. Yet the Americans are the biggest warmongers on the planet.. It has being proven only this week that their invasion in Iraq was illegal and they’re giving out about North Korea testing a missile that they’ll never use..

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    Mute Martin Ryan
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    Jul 9th 2016, 1:39 PM

    Cosmo, america has disarmed all its nuclear weapons this week thats why they are very annoyed with NK that kim lad is a right little rascal !!!

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    Mute Liam Mc Loughlin
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    Jul 9th 2016, 1:41 PM

    The even funnier thing is that NK have wmd’s. They threaten to use them regularly. They subjugate their people and yet the US have no intention to invade. It’s not so easy a decision to make when they actually have wmd’s I suppose. NK better hope they never strike oil or the US will be all over them like a bad rash

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    Jul 9th 2016, 4:14 PM

    @Cosmo

    “It has being proven only this week that their invasion in Iraq was illegal…”

    Actually, Chilcot didn’t make a ruling on the legality of the invasion.

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    Jul 9th 2016, 4:17 PM

    If you really believe that I’d say you paid the water scam tax too

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    Jul 9th 2016, 5:30 PM

    Technologically, South Korea is far superior to the North. In a conventional war, Janes Military Weekly estimated that South Korea would even win a straight fight alone but the loss of life to South Korea would be horrendous.

    Nukes are a great deterrent but they aren’t a tactical weapon. You might blow up Soeul and kill half the populace of South Korea, but their army will still roll up the North as it’s not concentrated enough for Kimmy to wipe it out in one strike.

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    Jul 9th 2016, 5:52 PM

    @Michael Stones

    It’s no different from paying for electricity.

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    Jul 10th 2016, 1:01 PM

    So you would pay TWICE for your electricity

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    Jul 9th 2016, 1:45 PM

    “The Launch was successful but the missile failed in the early stages of flight”

    In other words the top opened but the flag with “BANG!” written on it never deployed.

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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:56 PM

    Thunderbirds are go!

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    Mute The Magnificent Hog
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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:56 PM

    Brilliant, sir!

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    Jul 9th 2016, 5:53 PM

    For the money:

    I will sit in a canoe somewhere in the Pacific and bet they can’t hit me. I would do it for 1/2 a Billion Euro.

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    Jul 9th 2016, 1:25 PM

    Tick tock, tick tock. Only a matter of time before a popular uprising in N Korea will be fully /designed and supported by the US. Cant say I’d blame them in this instance either. They’ve had enough threats from NK to justify acting now.

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    Jul 9th 2016, 1:48 PM

    Not likely

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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:56 PM

    They won’t mess with a nuclear power. Otherwise North K would b gone a long time ago

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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:57 PM

    Nope. China won’t be having any of that!

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    Mute Michael Stones
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    Jul 9th 2016, 4:16 PM

    nothing to the threat to the rest of the world from the No. one terrorist regime on the planet (USA)

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    Jul 9th 2016, 1:27 PM

    Time to call Team America for these clowns…

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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:59 PM

    And then Team China gets all aggro!

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    Jul 9th 2016, 3:00 PM

    Yeah…forgot about them…they’re proper sneaky!

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    Jul 9th 2016, 4:18 PM

    Why would you call in terrorists??

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    Jul 9th 2016, 5:32 PM

    Lol America won’t do squat..

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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:54 PM

    Fair play to them…the US are launching missiles into Southern Yemen almost every day, the UK has just announce a new Tridant programme for more new Nuclear subs…#good for the goose !??!

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    Jul 9th 2016, 5:02 PM

    Did your missile blow its load too early? Don’t suffer in silence, Premature Detonation, help is at hand.

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    Jul 9th 2016, 3:11 PM

    Looks more like a close-up shot of a whiteboard marker to me

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    Jul 9th 2016, 4:36 PM

    Brilliant!

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    Jul 9th 2016, 4:27 PM

    I think it just goes to show the complete hypocrisy that has enveloped the western world, you have the ONLY country to drop two nuclear weapons on a CIVILLIAN population in one of the worst war crimes in history telling the rest of the planet who should and who should not have nuclear weapons?? and the same country has shown themselves up to be the number one terrorist regime on the planet, maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad thing if the Clinton gargoyle gets in and ends the world

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    Jul 9th 2016, 5:42 PM

    For resources invested, loss of life and the actual damage, Hiroshima and Kagasaki were paled by the firebombings of Dresden and Toyko.

    If you are to say that America wasn’t justified in putting a stop to a murderous Japanese regime which murdered and exploited tens of millions of peoples across the Far East; that’s pretty strange. The view should be that a free and democratic country like South Korea should have the support of all Western countries against a delusional neighbour such as NK. It was North Korea that invaded the South, kicking off the Korean War.

    Of all conflicts to moan about America, this isn’t one.

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    Jul 10th 2016, 1:07 PM

    Well Old Gordon I suggest you do bit of research on the subject of the fallout from nuclear weapons before you say they were “Paled” by anything, and how do you know the Japanese murdered tens of millions? where exactly did you get that information?

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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:13 PM

    So Kim couldn’t get it up? What is new ;)

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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:20 PM

    He got up alright, but he couldn’t manage a happy ending.

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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:52 PM

    It just explodes too soon on him then.

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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:51 PM

    Looks like a minature model filmed day away. Just like pingkingpong himself

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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:51 PM

    *far away

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    Jul 9th 2016, 2:55 PM

    Like in the film, The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer?

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    Jul 10th 2016, 9:33 AM

    Search Netflix for a movie called the propaganda game and you might see NK in a different light!

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