N. Korea Missile Fizzle

There was a lot of talk about North Korea giving the finger to the world on Sunday. Everyone is butt hurt that North Korea went and fired off their fire cracker. However, according to the US Northern Command, the infamous North Korean launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile—which went over Japan—has been a complete failure, with its payload falling into the Pacific Ocean:

NORAD and USNORTHCOM monitor North Korean launch

April 05, 2009

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command officials acknowledged today that North Korea launched a Taepo Dong 2 missile at 10:30 p.m. EDT Saturday which passed over the Sea of Japan/East Sea and the nation of Japan.

Stage one of the missile fell into the Sea of Japan/East Sea. The remaining stages along with the payload itself landed in the Pacific Ocean.

No object entered orbit and no debris fell on Japan.

NORAD and USNORTHCOM assessed the space launch vehicle as not a threat to North America or Hawaii and took no action in response to this launch.

This is all of the information that will be provided by NORAD and USNORTHCOM pertaining to the launch.

Apparently, their rocket technology is not yet uh, working. Plus, the second stage never separated or ignited, according to Defense Tech's analysis. Maybe Kim Jong-Il and the rest of his gang should develop FOOD for their starving population, rather ICBMs? [Northern Command via Defense Tech]

A second note, North Korea and Russia said it went flawlessly - so you have a choice of propaganda to believe.