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North Korea lauched a missile over Japan. CNN (Original Post)
applegrove
Aug 2017
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underpants
(182,989 posts)1. Oh great.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)2. As if I needed another reason to get down on
my knees tonite.
Freedomofspeech
(4,228 posts)3. Thank you 45.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)4. Warnings went out to Japan's northern residents to take cover!
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)5. Missile is still being tracked right now. nt.
Brother Buzz
(36,490 posts)6. The South Korean news agency, Yonhap is reporting....
The missile passed over Japan and landed in the ocean
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)7. Fuck.
Just. Fuck.
unblock
(52,440 posts)8. any indication if this was meant to be provocative, or just an indication that they can't aim?
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)9. I'm wondering why Japan didn't attempt to shoot it down?
The fucking missile flew right over Japan airspace!
sarisataka
(18,883 posts)10. If tracking indicates
It is going to pass on by it is better to allow it to do so than attempt to shoot it down where pieces can rain down over land
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)11. Yeah that makes sense. Man, a lot of decisions have to be made in seconds
Still, if Japan shot it down it would send a "up yours" message too.
Saboburns
(2,807 posts)12. Here is a map of todays NK missile launch
applegrove
(118,880 posts)13. Vibes to everyone in Japan.