U.S. Failed To Predict North Korea Rocket Launch -- CBS News
(CBS News) North Korea, a hermit dictatorship that cannot always feed its people, has become the 13th nation to orbit a satellite. The success of Wednesday night means the nuclear armed nation has a rocket capable of reaching as far as the United States.
U.S. intelligence failed to detect signs the North Korean launch was imminent.
Officials insist that made no difference in the ability of the American missile defense system to track the rocket as it jettisoned its first stage in the Yellow Sea as planned, and its second in the Philippine Sea before boosting what the North Koreans say is a weather satellite into polar orbit.
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My Comment: I must confess .... I was surprised when I heard that the North Korean's conducted their missile test .... and I am one who follows very closely these developing news stories.
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