Considering the guy is supposed to be some sort of genius by age 3 months, it’s gotta be embarrassing for Kim Jung Un’s missile goes limp on take off. – PB/TK
North Korean missile ‘blows up’ on test launch as Pence heads for South -by Ju-min Park April 15 2017
SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean missile “blew up almost immediately” on its test launch on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Command said, hours before U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was due in the South for talks on the North’s increasingly defiant arms program
The failed launch from the east coast came a day after North Korea held a military parade in its capital, marking the birth anniversary of the state founder, in which what appeared to be new long-range ballistic missiles were on display.
Pence is due in Seoul at the start of a 10-day trip to Asia in what his aides said was a sign of the U.S. commitment to its ally in the face of rising tension over North Korea.
President Donald Trump and his military team are aware of North Korea’s missile launch, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in a statement on Saturday. Trump has no further comment on the matter, Mattis said.
A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier strike group was also heading for the region.
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