Kyle

Current Event Posting #3

A period Sanderson

4/12/12

Topic: North Korean Rocket breaks up in flight

Published by: CNN

Date published: Friday, April 13, 2012

Original Article Author: Tim Schwartz
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/12/world/asia/north-korea-launch/index.html?npt=NP1

The Korean's failed rocket launch and their reactions

          Recently on CNN, an article about the North Korean's attempt at launching a long-range rocket into the atmosphere failed. They were attempting to get it to orbit the earth successfully and release a satellite that was attached to the rocket. As a result, the rocket broke into pieces as it entered the atmosphere, and then fell into a body of water (ocean) near Korea. Many of the Japanese authorities have been denying that there are any negative impacts of the failed launch, and have been under question by the local media. Many of the nations in the UN have been trying to find a way to put the environmental problems caused by this and make North Korea clean it up. Furthermore, the fact that North Korea failed to launch a missile showed many of the nations that the North Korean missile program (that was a potential threat before) was entirely exaggerated. As such, they are seen as less of a threat by the US, along with many other nations, since they couldn't even get a satellite orbiting the Earth. As the North Koreans tried to hide their humiliation, the North Korean scientists were all trying to figure out what went wrong and how they could fix it. The missile itself was called the North Korean Taepo Dong-2 missile, and we had to track it down to retrieve it. Eventually, many US officials asked the North Koreans why they wanted to send the satellite into orbit. They responded that it was for researching purposes, and that they could use it as a satellite for constant communication for camera shots out in orbit.
          As many officials in the US are commenting, they continue to make jokes about North Korea. They say that they have an "unblemished track record of failure", and proceed to bash on why North Korea is not a major country in the world today. Furthermore, to ensure that something like this doesn't happen again soon, the U.N. council is meeting friday to discuss this incident, and will ask North Korea to stop violating safety regulations. As North Korea should know by now, their unprecedented actions are isolating them as an island. Their country is being avoided by many countries to avoid conflict, and they are like Japan during the ages of exploration (kept to themselves). Statistically, many of North Korea's previous rocket attempts have also failed, and this just adds to their tarnished record. In 2006, another missile that they launched failed in the first 40 seconds into flight, which shows major flaws in design.
        In my opinion, they should really stop trying to design rockets to make them appear as a threat. Perhaps they should take the peaceful path and just go along with what the other nations are doing. Symbiosis between nations can be good for the overall society, especially in a progressive one like the one we live in in this status quo!