Rockets For Peace...

July 6th, 2006 8:07PM California TimeIs Northsure what sort of fuel they're using.'The United
Korea actually able to threaten the United StatesStates has insisted since last week that, at the
mainland with Nuclear Warheads?Of course not,very least, intelligence is fairly certain the reclusive
but it makes a great headline. In fact, incommunist regime has taken steps to ready a
researching this article I found that every headlinelaunch of a long-range missile, most likely a
read similarly. The content of each article did notTaepodong-2 with an estimated range of up to
answer these questions with the 'YES!' that the9,300 miles.
titles implied.First and foremost, the point:TheBeyond that, it's all guesswork.'
United States of America cannot dictate toThe Capability of North Korea to Manufacture
sovereign nations (in this case North Korea) onNuclear Warheads Small Enough To Be Carried As
whether or not the nation is allowed to testPayload In A 'No-Dong' Type Missile:
Rockets.Why not? Well for one thing, we're'The Japanese have publicly said they doubt it.
testing them ourselves constantly. The picture"At this point, we have encountered no
above shows the launch of a highly classified spyinformation that indicates North Korea has the
satellite known only as NROL-22, launched ontechnology," Senior Vice Foreign Minister Yasuhisa
behalf of the National Reconnaissance OfficeShiozaki said this week.'
(NRO)we do know about Rockets is vast. The
image is of a Delta IV Rocket, in it's first stagetechnology is simple, and mostly a carry over
of ascent. Powers and I both watched this rocketfrom the work of Werner Von Braun. You can
launch, while speaking on the telephone. He fromfind myriad sites online instructing you on the
Los Angeles, and I from San Diego. The picturebuilding of rockets, yes, even the ones that can
above was taken from Viejas Concert Park offgo orbital.
Interstate 8 in California during a RadioHeadHere is the Kid's Play version:
concert. It was taken by Paul Parks of San Diego,are not only an old technology, they are widely
Ca. An article on this, the first ever launch of aunderstood throughout the world. North Korea
Delta IV rocket from the West Coast ofcannot be expected to be ignorant of the
America, can be found here:technology. Nor can any nation be expected to
is this important? The United States did virtuallyforego the benefits that Rockets can provide,
the exact same thing we just told anothersuch as a Space Program, GPS, Weather
country not to do. In fact, we actually attached aMonitoring, etc.And after all of the saber rattling
payload to our missile. Why this is pertinent to thisabout 'The Big One', the missile that would kill us
discussion, is because the Delta IV failed upon it'sall...
initial East Coast launch out of Florida.After all of the challenges to sovereignty and
United States is clearly still testing our capabilities.calls for pre-emptive strikes, what happened
Neither country claims their testing to be aimed atwhen North Korea finally conducted their test?
a military end. In fact, North Korea even offeredNothing.'About 35 seconds after the launch,
to abandon it's test launch in exchange for directofficials say the ICBM either failed outright or was
talks with the US on the subject. The talks wereaborted by plan, reports CBS News
refused, and the launch followed.correspondent Wyatt Andrews. It did not reach
do we know about these Rockets? The exampledeep space and posed no danger to Japan or the
given herein, the Delta IV, is classified thus by it'sU.S.'
creators:Delta IV Rocket Info from Boeingnext time everyone gets all excited about a
Delta IV vehicles can launch payloads weighing'threat' to the US, I want to see some
from 4,231 kg (9,327 lb) to 12,757 kg (28, 124 lb)evidence.No more Yellow Cake in a tube to justify
to geosynchronous transfer orbit, and can liftour very real White Phosporus. No more will we
over 23,000 kg (50,000 lbs.) to low-Earth orbitaccept anything less than actual evidence before
(LEO)even thinking of discussing arms, as
Delta IV rockets can accommodate single orAmericans.Yeah, I see a rocket. Yeah, I saw it
multiple payloads on the same mission and canlaunched. Big frickin deal. That is a normal
launch payloads to polar orbits, Sun-synchronousoccurrence in Southern California. Where's the
orbits, geosynchronous and geosynchronouswarhead? Where is the follow-up force? Where
transfer orbits, and low-Earth orbit.are the bombers? Where is the threat?The truth
amply demonstrates the rocket's ability both tois, North Korea is no threat to us. And there is no
carry nuclear warheads and to achieve strikes onevidence backing the claim that they are. The
globally based targets.What do we know aboutPress should be embarrassed for even posing the
North Korea's Rockets?question, one they could have answered
Well, sadly, not much. In fact, we're not eventhemselves with a little research.