So, not a good missile test?

In my paranoid mind this launch had to be reported as a failure. The U.S warned them not to launch or there will be payback. Japan warned them not to do it also. The U.N was against this test.
They called our bluff and said "fuck you guys". The media has to report this incident as a failure because of our lack of action. Its the only way to save face.

It's a failure because the thing failed to enter orbit. It's just that simple. There are actually people capable of observing these things on a scientific level who aren't beholden to any government, thankfully. The fact that the launch was in violation of international agreements obviously doesn't matter, because they went through with it anyway.

>> ^csnel3:
In my paranoid mind this launch had to be reported as a failure. The U.S warned them not to launch or there will be payback. Japan warned them not to do it also. The U.N was against this test.
They called our bluff and said "fuck you guys". The media has to report this incident as a failure because of our lack of action. Its the only way to save face.


And paranoid delusions they are.

This failed because of fine North Korean *engineering.

Invocations (engineering) cannot be called by kagenin because kagenin is not privileged - sorry.

And how many failed test rockets did NASA launch before they were willing to attempt to put a even monkey in orbit?

What's your point?

Thank God they have such lousy engineering in that country.

It was never meant to enter orbit. "The missle has a satelite payload" is a cover story. This was a test of an inter-continental missle, and this launch got them one step closer to perfecting it.