NKorea prepares launch: Satellite or missile?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onizuka_Air_Force_Station
Realignment of Onizuka Air Force Station was recommended and accepted as part of the 1995 round of the Base Realignment and Closure Program. On May 13, 2005, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld recommended closing the Onizuka Air Force Station in Sunnyvale as part of a fifth round of military base closures and re-sizing. In summary, the 750th Space Group was to be inactivated and its functions relocated to Falcon AFB, CO. Detachment 2 of the Space and Missile Systems Center would relocate to Falcon AFB (now Schriever AFB), CO and Kirtland AFB, NM, while some other undisclosed tenants would remain in the existing facilities for some time.[1] The date by which the realignment and closure must be completed is September 15, 2011.[2]
In April 2007, the mission of the National Reconnaissance Office at Onizuka AFS ended after 46 years.[3]
In April 2007, the mission of the National Reconnaissance Office at Onizuka AFS ended after 46 years.[3]
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All of this is just 'saber rattling' and I don't even know why it's news, N. Korea tests missiles all the freakin time, do u know why?? to get our attention. The reason they made nukes is just another extension to that end. They can use it as a bargaining chip to blackmail the civilized world out of cash, oil, food for their starving people(which most goes to their military instead). Mr. Kim and his 'labor party' buddies of the DPRK know they would get owned in an all out war with the US/South Korea, do you think he wants to give up all his palaces, legions of 'pleasure women' and power? North Korea is retarded and the only way it survives is by 'acting up' like they are some kind of real threat. It's actually pretty pathetic if you ask me.
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what you'll never hear on CNN/FOX or any other ****ty mass media agency in the US about NK...
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Long-term Goals in North Korean Brinksmanship
by Richardson ~ February 18th, 2009
The Taepo Dong 2 (TD-2) (대포동 2호) missile launch(es) North Korea likely is preparing for, and recent voiding of all political-military deals with South Korea, are part of Pyongyang’s long-term strategy of regime survival. While these actions also have less important near-terms goals – expressing displeasure with ROK President Lee Myung-bak’s relatively hard-line approach to inter-Korea relations, and perhaps maneuvering U.S. into missile talks and more concessions in that area – North Korean strategists are, as usual, looking much further down the road than U.S. or South Korean policy-makers.
Shifting international – and especially U.S. – attention to missiles and South Korea’s to what might happen along the Northern Limit Line (NLL) or the DMZ, Pyongyang has effectively moved the nuclear issue to the backburner. The Six Party Talks have not been in the headlines much lately.
North Korea almost surely will classify its upcoming TD-2 launch as an attempt to orbit a satellite, or a Space Launch Vehicle (SLV), as it did in 1998 although after the fact. There are several advantages to this that make it much more likely than an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) test:
* First and foremost, regardless of success or failure, it will help focus the new U.S. administration on missiles and move the nuclear issue to the background. North Korea waited out the Clinton and Bush administrations, and forcing the nascent Obama administration to deal with the missile issue, for months and perhaps for years, will only delay the nuclear issue further. Not that any U.S. administration has been effective in that area.
* Secondly, North Korea likely has noted the almost non-existent criticism of Iran for its 2 February satellite launch and will follow that example. A recent Nodong Shinmun (via the KCNA) article noted that: “Any country which stands for the peaceful use of space is entitled to advance into space any time and use it for peaceful purposes. The DPRK, a member of the international community, has an option to advance into space and a legitimate right to participate in the space scientific and technological race.”
* Finally, an SLV launch is less difficult but will test most of the same technology of an ICBM. An SLV only has to place an object into orbit, while an ICBM must land (target) more precisely. Therefore an SLV will, if successful, validate the design of the rocket, providing much needed R&D information to North Korean scientists. So far all Taepo Dong rockets have failed.
At this point, I assume that the Obama administration will not do better than the previous two presidents, and that North Korea likely will maintain its de facto status as a nuclear power. Kim Jong-il may be moving to install his third son as successor and may be positioning him to maintain that power after the current leader dies.
by Richardson ~ February 18th, 2009
The Taepo Dong 2 (TD-2) (대포동 2호) missile launch(es) North Korea likely is preparing for, and recent voiding of all political-military deals with South Korea, are part of Pyongyang’s long-term strategy of regime survival. While these actions also have less important near-terms goals – expressing displeasure with ROK President Lee Myung-bak’s relatively hard-line approach to inter-Korea relations, and perhaps maneuvering U.S. into missile talks and more concessions in that area – North Korean strategists are, as usual, looking much further down the road than U.S. or South Korean policy-makers.
Shifting international – and especially U.S. – attention to missiles and South Korea’s to what might happen along the Northern Limit Line (NLL) or the DMZ, Pyongyang has effectively moved the nuclear issue to the backburner. The Six Party Talks have not been in the headlines much lately.
North Korea almost surely will classify its upcoming TD-2 launch as an attempt to orbit a satellite, or a Space Launch Vehicle (SLV), as it did in 1998 although after the fact. There are several advantages to this that make it much more likely than an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) test:
* First and foremost, regardless of success or failure, it will help focus the new U.S. administration on missiles and move the nuclear issue to the background. North Korea waited out the Clinton and Bush administrations, and forcing the nascent Obama administration to deal with the missile issue, for months and perhaps for years, will only delay the nuclear issue further. Not that any U.S. administration has been effective in that area.
* Secondly, North Korea likely has noted the almost non-existent criticism of Iran for its 2 February satellite launch and will follow that example. A recent Nodong Shinmun (via the KCNA) article noted that: “Any country which stands for the peaceful use of space is entitled to advance into space any time and use it for peaceful purposes. The DPRK, a member of the international community, has an option to advance into space and a legitimate right to participate in the space scientific and technological race.”
* Finally, an SLV launch is less difficult but will test most of the same technology of an ICBM. An SLV only has to place an object into orbit, while an ICBM must land (target) more precisely. Therefore an SLV will, if successful, validate the design of the rocket, providing much needed R&D information to North Korean scientists. So far all Taepo Dong rockets have failed.
At this point, I assume that the Obama administration will not do better than the previous two presidents, and that North Korea likely will maintain its de facto status as a nuclear power. Kim Jong-il may be moving to install his third son as successor and may be positioning him to maintain that power after the current leader dies.
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Well that's a relief. Who would put something like that next to a region of 5 million people? seems like it should be in Nevada somewheres.
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