The little North Korean runt Kim Jong Il is acting up again, defying the international community and test-firing an ICBM as well as a number of shorter-range missiles to act as decoys.
The ICBM exploded 35-40 seconds after launch, but it doesn't really matter. North Korea is going to get slapped around now via economic sanctions and other non-military means.
It's good that the missile malfunctioned and didn't crash down on Japanese territory. The repercussions would have been grave as the Japanese might have retaliated by launching air strikes against the base from which the missile had originated, as would have been their right.
The other missiles splashed down in the sea of Japan some 300+ miles off the coast of Japan.
This was clearly planned to coincide with our Independence Day celebrations, though the launch of the shuttle Discovery was not something that the North Koreans anticipated. But the North Koreans probably saw that as icing on the cake. But if they're looking for a comparison of their rocket technology to ours, then they have quite a ways to go if their rocket exploding was any indication.
No North Korean runt will rain on our parade. North Korea will get slapped around by it's neighbors and the U.N. while our Independence Day fireworks will go on as scheduled.
North Korea's splash was only as big as their missile hitting the water.
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