The threat of a rocket launch of has produced sensitive and heated response from three siginificant players in the North East Asian security region – the US, South Korea and neighbouring Japan. The North Koreans have claimed that their action merely represent a wish to place a communications satellite into orbit. Critics believe the real [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rocket’
Count-Down
Posted in Global politics, Military Involvement, tagged ballistic, emergency, rocket, security, taepodong, threat on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
McDonalds Launch Rocket
Posted in Global politics, tagged co-option, Doraemon, North Korea, rocket, soft power, threat on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The debate over Japan’s ability to resume normal military status is fired up. In just a few days time the North Koreans have vowed to launch a ballistic missile. Japan is primed with battleships and Patriot missile interrceptors off the northern coast ready to shoot down any rocket debris that could potentially fall over the [...]





