[Pen-l] comedy of errors?

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

from SLATE:
>The Wall Street Journal leads with news that the United States is deploying ground-to-air missile defenses to Hawaii out of fear that North Korea may soon try to fire a long-range missile in that direction. Most U.S. officials don't think a North Korean missile would actually be able to reach Hawaii, but, just in case, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States is deploying a high-tech radar in the ocean near Hawaii that can track whether a missile is approaching...

> A Japanese newspaper reported that North Korea is planning on launching a long-range missile at Hawaii around July 4. Defense Secretary Robert Gates didn't address that report, or say anything about a specific date, but noted there are "some concerns if they were to launch a missile … in the direction of Hawaii" while assuring that "we are in a good position … to protect American territory." Meanwhile, in another sign of the growing tensions with North Korea, there's word that the United States is tracking a North Korean ship suspected of carrying banned weapons.<

I'd bet that the NK missile (if it's fired) will go off course or
explode in mid-air, since a small number of tests does not make an
expert missile-launching system. (The same kind of misfire happens
with NASA now and then.) And the US missile-defense program seems
similarly unproven.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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