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I fear that we have aroused a sleeping giant. - Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, December 8th (in Japan), 1941
From a Reuters via Yahoo! article, N. Korea missile aimed at area off Hawaii - report:
Friday July 7, 8:06 AM [/] N. Korea missile aimed at area off Hawaii - report
TOKYO (Reuters) - A North Korean missile launched on Wednesday [Tuesday, July Fourth, in Hawaii] was aimed at an area of the ocean close to Hawaii, a Japanese newspaper reported on Friday.
Experts estimated the Taepodong-2 ballistic missile to have a range of up to 6,000 km, putting Alaska within its reach. Wednesday's launch apparently failed shortly after take-off and the missile landed in the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan, a few hundred kilometres from the launch pad.But data from U.S. and Japanese Aegis radar-equipped destroyers and surveillance aircraft on the missile's angle of take-off and altitude indicated that it was heading for waters near Hawaii, the Sankei Shimbun reported, citing multiple sources in the United States and Japan.
North Korea may have targeted Hawaii to show the United States that it was capable of landing a missile there, or because it is home to the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific fleet, the paper said. [...] [My ellipses and emphasis]
Poll Question: J :) POLL: Will North Korea Wake Up the U.S. Giant? | Poll choices:
1. Yes. The crazy tantrums will increase until vigorously stopped. / 2. Yes. Even U.S. preachers of diversity have limits, actually. / 3. Yes. If China approves of provocations. / 4. Yes. If China does not frown. / 5. Yes. Unless Japan defends itself pre-emptively. / 6. Yes. Unless Alaskan or Hawaiian patriots defend their states pre-emptively. / 7. Yes. Compassion and fairness has no prejudice. / 8. Yes, American niceness will reign until then. / 9. Yes. / 10. Possibly. Should be investigated by Kofi Annan. / 11. Possibly. But fairness and compassion toward all people more important. / 12. No. If they nuke Japan, who are we to cast stones? / 13. No. / 14. No. Their neighbors will restrain them. / 15. No. Their incompetence will restrain them. / 16. No. Our military will knock down their rockets before they get very far. / 17. No. Our government will pre-emptively destroy the launch facilities first. / 18. No. Bush will do whatever has to be done to ensure domestic tranquility. / 19. No comment. / 20. No opinion. / 21. This poll is worthless. / 22. This poll is of negative value. / 23. Other.
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