Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN) -- Defying warnings from the international community, North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Friday, but it broke apart before escaping the earth's atmosphere and fell into the sea, officials said.

"It flew about a minute, and it flew into the ocean," said Noriyuki Shikata, a spokesman for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

He added that Japanese authorities "have not identified any negative impacts, so far," though he said the international ramifications could be significant. "This is something that we think is a regrettable development," he said.

Joseph Cirincione, president of the global security foundation The Ploughshares Fund, told CNN that the launch's apparent failure "shows the weakness of the North Korea missile program" and suggests that the threat from North Korea has been "exaggerated."

"It's a humiliation," he told CNN. "I wouldn't want to be a North Korean rocket scientist today."

In an unusual admission of failure, the North Korean state media announced that the rocket had not managed to put an observation satellite into orbit, which Pyongyang had insisted was the purpose of the launch.

aguiyi: why would u draw such a conclusion

sesanayo: N. Korean Ballistic Test Missile mysteriously "falls apart"
minutes aftr launch? Gimme a break, the Japanesse &
Americans shot tht sucka out the sky!! No question thts
wat happened

justwise: [/b]

Another conspiracy theorist that needs medical attention.

sesanayo:
N. Korean Ballistic Test Missile mysteriously "falls apart"
minutes aftr launch? Gimme a break, the Japanesse &
Americans shot tht sucka out the sky!! No question thts
wat happened

GAR3TH: The had rocket launches in the past in which ALL failed. So what makes this one any different.

Bawss1:

Why should medical attention be wasted on such types, their condition is self induced and the normal thing to do about cases like this is to let their delusion consume them.

warrior101: there is underlaying panorama to this just to humiliate N. Korea... it could not have happened by chance cuz N. Korea is too strong for that remember when they hacked american government military database for almost a whole day (just to show america that they can fight with all that they had) when america threating them with war?...

sesanayo:
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/12/world/asia/north-korea-launch/index.html?on.cnn=1

N. Korean Ballistic Test Missile mysteriously "falls apart"
minutes aftr launch? Gimme a break, the Japanesse &
Americans shot tht sucka out the sky!! No question thts
wat happened

sesanayo:
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/12/world/asia/north-korea-launch/index.html?on.cnn=1

N. Korean Ballistic Test Missile mysteriously "falls apart"
minutes aftr launch? Gimme a break, the Japanesse &
Americans shot tht sucka out the sky!! No question thts
wat happened

gboss4sure: More revelations about what really happened will be out soon but for me i believe it was shot down cause North Korea i know cant Fuk dat kinda up. But wait ooo why is it the in every country the North is always the problem and at last they always lose and the south wins. for example.

Sudan - North is the problem

Korea- North is the problem

Nigeria- North Is the problem.

I always asked myself is everything about North cursed?

justwise:

Anybody with the right tool can hack, it got nothing to do with power, hacking into American computer system is nothing to boast about. N.Korea should feed their own people first before wasting money on power posturing exercises.

gboss4sure: More revelations about what really happened will be out soon but for me i believe it was shot down cause North Korea i know cant Fuk dat kinda up. But wait ooo why is it the in every country the North is always the problem and at last they always lose and the south wins. for example.

Sudan - North is the problem

Korea- North is the problem

Nigeria- North Is the problem.

I always asked myself is everything about North cursed?

warrior101:


They didn't just hacked into their military computer, they shut it down for a whole day... as for N.Korea not feeding their people well i don't know anything about that. we are hungry in Nigeria too lolz

daywatcher:

In UK too, The North (Scotland) want independence

gboss4sure: More revelations about what really happened will be out soon but for me i believe it was shot down cause North Korea i know cant Fuk dat kinda up. But wait ooo why is it the in every country the North is always the problem and at last they always lose and the south wins. for example.

Sudan - North is the problem

Korea- North is the problem

Nigeria- North Is the problem.

I always asked myself is everything about North cursed?

gboss4sure: More revelations about what really happened will be out soon but for me i believe it was shot down cause North Korea i know cant Fuk dat kinda up. But wait ooo why is it the in every country the North is always the problem and at last they always lose and the south wins. for example.

Sudan - North is the problem

Korea- North is the problem

Nigeria- North Is the problem.

I always asked myself is everything about North cursed?

gboss4sure: More revelations about what really happened will be out soon but for me i believe it was shot down cause North Korea i know cant Fuk dat kinda up. But wait ooo why is it the in every country the North is always the problem and at last they always lose and the south wins. for example.

Sudan - North is the problem

Korea- North is the problem

Nigeria- North Is the problem.

I always asked myself is everything about North cursed?

justwise: [/b]

Atleast we don't have to beg America for food

Give me a link where you read about North Korea shutting down America military computer.

majekleo: [color=#006600][/color]
GOOD QUESTION, ANY ANSWER(S) PLS?