Hmm.... Wile E Coyote launches long-range rocket into Space News
....... By HYUNG-JIN KIM | Associated Press –
.... SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket on ....... Wednesday, defying ....international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un took a big. step forward in its quest to develop a nuclear missile.
.......While the rocket launch will enhance the credentials of .....young leader Kim, who took power after his father Kim Jong Il's death a year ago, it is also likely to bring fresh ......sanctions against the country and further complicate ....relations between North Korea,its neighbors, and the West.
....... The United States, South Korea and Japan were quick to ....condemn the morning launch,.....
...which they see as a test of technology needed to mount a ....nuclear warhead on a missile ...that could one day threaten the U.S. Pyongyang says it was merely a peaceful effort .......to put a satellite into orbit.
.......Even China, North Korea's closest ally, expressed ...."regret" that North Korea went...ahead with the launch.."in ....spite of the extensive concerns of international community," .......said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei.
.....The White House called it a "highly provocative act that ....threatens regional security."
......The timing of the launch came as something of a surprise. ... after Pyongyang had ....indicated technical problems ....might delay it. That it succeeded after several failed ...... attempts was an even greater surprise...
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