North Korea Satellite Launch Condemned by U.S.

By Jack Kim and Mayumi Negishi

SEOUL/TOKYO | Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:38pm EST
 

(Reuters) - North Korea successfully launched a rocket on Wednesday, boosting the credentials of its new leader and stepping up the threat the isolated and impoverished state poses to opponents.

The rocket, which North Korea says put a weather satellite into orbit, has been labeled by the United States, South Korea and Japan as a test of technology that could one day deliver a nuclear warhead capable of hitting targets as far away as the continental United States.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a joint U.S.-Canadian military organization, said that the missile had "deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit".

More - Link >>> http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/12/us-korea-north-rocket-idUSBRE8BB02K20121212 

Source: Reuters News Wire Service. 

Related Blog Post --

"N Korea Satellite: Conflicting Reports on Orbital Status" (2012 Dec. 13):
Link >>> http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2012/12/n-korea-satellite-conflicting-reports.html

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