North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket

virtualXTC writes with news that North Korea, in defiance of international pressure to halt development and testing of long-range weaponry, launched a multi-stage rocket which successfully followed its intended trajectory. The North Korean government claims a weather satellite was placed into orbit. "South Korea has confirmed the launch time, and Japan has confirmed that the rocket went over Okinawa. Two stages of the rocket have successfully avoided other countries and fallen into the sea. While it is still unconfirmed as to whether or not North Korea actually put a satellite into orbit, it seems clear that sanctions have failed to curb North Korea's quest for more powerful weaponry."

what

[Anonymous Coward]

ur all pitiful morons. the usa doesnt have to ask anyone when they launch satellites. nor russia. nor china. so why should they. its legal. leave them alone.

Re:Why would they stop developing weaponry?

[loufoque]

The US government is only able to justify war if it can prove it has been attacked first.