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North Korea agrees to nuclear moratorium

ThePlayDrive said:
Because the US only agreed to give food on the condition that North Korea does not launch any long range missiles.
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A rocket going to space to put a satalite in space is considered a "long range missile"? I mean i really see no threat from this even if its considered a "missile"
 
TheDemSocialist said:
A rocket going to space to put a satalite in space is considered a "long range missile"? I mean i really see no threat from this even if its considered a "missile"
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It's not "considered" a long range missile. It is a long range missile. And it certainly poses a thread, if only because North Korea does not have the technology to ensure that it's missile is safe to launch at all.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
It's not "considered" a long range missile. It is a long range missile. And it certainly poses a thread, if only because North Korea does not have the technology to ensure that it's missile is safe to launch at all.
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What do you mean they dont have the technology?
 
Billy the Kid said:
How many times has N. Korea said: "I'll be good, I'll be good, just give us money and food". Then it's back to square one. What is the trade off with them?
I know we've played this game with them 10 or more times.
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So what's the alternative? Declaring war? Been there, done that. Sanctions? Been there, done that.
 
Wiggen said:
So what's the alternative? Declaring war? Been there, done that. Sanctions? Been there, done that.
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No alternative, nothing, just continue to be a pariah state cut off from the international community, I guess.:shrug:
 
Mya said:
No alternative, nothing, just continue to be a pariah state cut off from the international community, I guess.:shrug:
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Or just let them put a satalite in space. Hell its not like they are 50 years behind on the ol space thing...
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Or just let them put a satalite in space. Hell its not like they are 50 years behind on the ol space thing...
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That's not Japan's opinion.


“Under our law, we can intercept any object if it is falling towards Japan, including any attacks on Japan, for our safety,” the Japanese government’s top spokesman, Takeo Kawamura, said before the launch on April 5, 2009"

And this time around it still worries Japan. We'll see what happens.
 
Mya said:
That's not Japan's opinion.


“Under our law, we can intercept any object if it is falling towards Japan, including any attacks on Japan, for our safety,” the Japanese government’s top spokesman, Takeo Kawamura, said before the launch on April 5, 2009"

And this time around it still worries Japan. We'll see what happens.
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Notice the key word in there......FALLING. Yes, if it is falling towards Japan, they can shoot it out of the sky. However, call me kinda old fashion, but most satellite launches tend to go upwards.
 
TheNextEra said:
Notice the key word in there......FALLING. Yes, if it is falling towards Japan, they can shoot it out of the sky. However, call me kinda old fashion, but most satellite launches tend to go upwards.
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It happened before, this is the third time I am explaining Japan's reasons to be worry, If you don't understand then there is nothing more for me to say.

"In April 2009, North Korea conducted a ballistic rocket launch that resulted in a new round of UN sanctions...That launch was dismissed as a failure after the first stage fell into the Sea of Japan without placing a satellite in orbit. Another test failed in similar circumstances in 1998."



So yeah, satellite launches sometimes do not go upwards.
 
TheNextEra said:
Notice the key word in there......FALLING. Yes, if it is falling towards Japan, they can shoot it out of the sky. However, call me kinda old fashion, but most satellite launches tend to go upwards.
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North Korea has a pretty poor recent history in terms of their missiles doing what they are supposed to do, so actually "falling" is a more likely result than going "upwards" in this case. So I don't know if you're old fashioned, but it seems like you're uninformed if you think Japan's concern for a falling satellite is unusual.
 
Mya said:
So yeah, satellite launches sometimes do not go upwards.
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Reading comprehension seems to be a problem, notice I said MOST satellite launches tend to go upwards. I did not say all of them do.

Japan has a right to shoot down anything falling towards them, they don't have the right to shoot down a satellite going up.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
North Korea has a pretty poor recent history in terms of their missiles doing what they are supposed to do, so actually "falling" is a more likely result than going "upwards" in this case. So I don't know if you're old fashioned, but it seems like you're uninformed if you think Japan's concern for a falling satellite is unusual.
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Yet again, take a look at what I said.

I said MOST satellite launches tend to go upwards. I did not say all of them do.

Japan has a right to shoot down anything falling towards them, they don't have the right to shoot down a satellite going up.
 
TheNextEra said:
Yet again, take a look at what I said.

I said MOST satellite launches tend to go upwards. I did not say all of them do.

Japan has a right to shoot down anything falling towards them, they don't have the right to shoot down a satellite going up.
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I know what you said and that's exactly what I addressed. You made a sarcastic remark about how satellites tend to go upwards and I responded by letting you know that it's more likely that the satellite will fall and that consequently, your sarcastic remark was out of place.
 
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