I was thinking more about the "payload" (which apparently did not deploy, if there was one) than about the missle itself. But it probably would not be worth the effort.
-
Please take a moment and update your account profile. If you have an updated account profile with basic information on why you are on Air Warriors it will help other people respond to your posts. How do you update your profile you ask?
Go here:
Edit Account Details and Profile
North Korean Rocket Launched
- Thread starter Flash
- Start date
I was thinking more about the "payload" (which apparently did not deploy, if there was one) than about the missle itself. But it probably would not be worth the effort.
Yeah, I was thinking about that. (I did a report in high school for JROTC on the attempted recovery of the K-129).
Flew over it in the mothball fleet frequently when I was at NAS Alameda.
ANother good column on the subject. (Note that the author is the same man who wrote the WSJ column I previously referenced; this one goes into more detail discussing why China, Russia, and S. Korea don't seem to feel that keeping North Korea from developing nukes is that high of a priority.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HK30Dg01.html
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HK30Dg01.html
A commercial imagery satellite got lucky and captured the rocket very soon after launch and while still in powered flight:
Lucky Shot
The 'plume' probably looks a little funny to the angle of the shot and distortions.
Even then the impact would have probably destroyed the payload, which probably isn't worth recovering if it did survive anyways.
Lucky Shot
The 'plume' probably looks a little funny to the angle of the shot and distortions.
Even then the impact would have probably destroyed the payload, which probably isn't worth recovering if it did survive anyways.
I didn't know it was an Article 134 rocket.
