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     Ashton Comedian Username: Ashton Post Number: 1211 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 208.53.157.30 Rating: N/A |
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1193941/No rth-Korea-plan-missile-launch-Hawaii-Independence-Day.html North Korea may launch a long-range ballistic missile towards Hawaii on American Independence Day, according to Japanese intelligence officials. The missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of up to 4,000 miles, would be launched in early July from the Dongchang-ni site on the north-western coast of the secretive country. Intelligence analysts do not believe the device would be capable of hitting Hawaii's main islands, which are 4,500 miles from North Korea. Details of the launch came from the Japan's best-selling newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun. Both Japanese intelligence and U.S. reconnaissance satellites have collated information pointing to the launch, according to the report. It is understood the communist state is likely to fire the missile between July 4 and 8. A launch on July 4 would coincide with Independence Day in the States.It would also be the 15th anniversary of North Korean president Kim Il-Sung's death. The Japanese newspaper also noted that North Korea had fired its first Taepodong-2 missile on July 4, 2006. Officials had initially believed that North Korea might attempt to launch a similar device towards either Japan's Okinawa island, Guam or Hawaii. But the ministry concluded launches toward Okinawa or Guam were 'extremely unlikely' because the first-stage booster could drop into waters off China, agitating Beijing, or hit western Japanese territory. If the missile were fired in the direction of Hawaii, the booster could drop in the Sea of Japan. News of the launch would put 'enormous military pressure on the United States,' the Yomiuri said, citing the ministry report. |
