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North Korea’s Missile Launches Were Failing Too Often

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speculation as to why the rocket test have been failing? 88% failure rate is pretty dramatic.

Apparently, the prevailing theory is a program to cyber-sabotage the launch systems[0].

[0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/04/world/asia/north-korea-mi...

Re: North Korea’s Missile Launches Were Failing Too Often

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Is it wise for reporters that discover a covert program to disrupt North Korean missile launches to disclose the information? Seems like they want the credit for breaking a significant story more than they care about the delicate and dangerous situation with a rogue country that has nuclear weapons. I suggest they STFU.

Re: North Korea’s Missile Launches Were Failing Too Often

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Is it wise for reporters that discover a covert program to disrupt North Korean missile launches to disclose the information? Seems like they want the credit for breaking a significant story more than they care about the delicate and dangerous situation with a rogue country that has nuclear weapons. I suggest they STFU.

Yeah, North Korea was just waiting for the NYT reporters to give them up-to-date intel on why their launches were failing. That's really the only reporting Kim Jong Un trusts, so I hear.

Re: North Korea’s Missile Launches Were Failing Too Often

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speculation as to why the rocket test have been failing? 88% failure rate is pretty dramatic.

Directed energy weapons used similar to the way kidney stones are dissolved. Several weaker signals constructively interfere directly at the location of the target providing a destructive amount of energy but without a single traceable point of origin?

Re: North Korea’s Missile Launches Were Failing Too Often

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speculation as to why the rocket test have been failing? 88% failure rate is pretty dramatic.

Apparently, the prevailing theory is a program to cyber-sabotage the launch systems[0]. [0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/04/world/asia/north-korea-mi...

It also seems crazy to me that we'd be successful at sabotage 88% of the time

Re: North Korea’s Missile Launches Were Failing Too Often

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post #7

Is it wise for reporters that discover a covert program to disrupt North Korean missile launches to disclose the information? Seems like they want the credit for breaking a significant story more than they care about the delicate and dangerous situation with a rogue country that has nuclear weapons. I suggest they STFU.

Yeah, North Korea was just waiting for the NYT reporters to give them up-to-date intel on why their launches were failing. That's really the only reporting Kim Jong Un trusts, so I hear.

They may have all sorts of suspicions at the high failure rate. Having it confirmed gives them information it would be better they didn't have.
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