Red headline time. From Yonhap [5]:
- North Korea launches rocket - S.Korea's YTN Television
- U.S official confirms North Korea has launched rocket
- Rocket launch took place at 7:39 local time - South Korea Defense Ministry,
Japan likely in full mobilization mode right about now. Or not: this just in:
- ABC's Martha Raddatz reports the North Korean rocket launch has FAILED.
- Rocket was inflight for about a minute before it failed
Somebody is about to have their daily 5 gram portion of food cut in half as the local rocket no fly long time.
And scene:
- Japanese Defense Minister says NKorean rocket appears to have fallen into ocean
- Japan Def. Min. Tanaka: DPRK rocket appears to have exploded one minute after launch.
- Yonhap: ROK residents near DMZ were alerted to seek shelter from possible DPRK rocket debris.
- South Korean army says rocket debris crashed between 190km and 210 km off Kunsan, a city on West South Korea
Now how long before North Korea blames South Korea for shooting down the rocket? In the meantime South Korea is not waiting. From Yonhap [6].
South Korea on Friday called for the United Nations Security Council to respond to North Korea's defiant long-range rocket launch, even though the launch appears to have failed
In other news, North Korea is redefining "minuteman" since 7:39 local time
This is was the projected path [7].
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For those with Google Earth apps, here is the KMZ file [9]showing the path in its full glory.