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post Jul 6 2006, 10:07 AM
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http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Rumsfeld_C...A_Fact_999.html

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"Let me put it this way," he told reporters. "Why would someone spend that much money and launch that expensive an effort and then only gain 38 or 40 seconds worth of information from it?"
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post Jul 6 2006, 10:09 AM
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Sounds to me like he's just saying it failed and hinting that the NKs might be idiots for not building a better missile.


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post Jul 6 2006, 10:09 AM
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the word out now is that north korea "aborted" the missile after 38-40 seconds, and he's commenting on why someone would abort a missile test
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post Jul 6 2006, 10:18 AM
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Wednesday said the apparent failure of North Korea's long-range Taepodong-2 missile failed was a "fact."


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But he told reporters "the fact that it failed is a fact."


Don't see anything about aborting...


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post Jul 6 2006, 10:20 AM
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QUOTE (Hartmann @ Jul 6 2006, 11:18 AM)
Don't see anything about aborting...

I think that's what Rumsfeld was trying to say. It's retarded for the North Koreans to say they "aborted" the missile when it was obviously a failure.


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post Jul 6 2006, 10:21 AM
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sam fisher took it out with his lil laser pulse hooyah... ermm.gif
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post Jul 6 2006, 10:22 AM
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QUOTE (pebkac @ Jul 6 2006, 10:20 AM)
I think that's what Rumsfeld was trying to say. It's retarded for the North Koreans to say they "aborted" the missile when it was obviously a failure.

Ahhh... guess I didn't catch that.


North Koreans aborting something? Ha! They don't abort anything, they need as many tiny miners as they can get... ba-da-bing!


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post Jul 6 2006, 10:23 AM
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QUOTE (neoshaman @ Jul 6 2006, 10:07 AM)
 
"Let me put it this way," he told reporters. "Why would someone spend that much money and launch that expensive an effort and then only gain 38 or 40 seconds worth of information from it?"



Good question !


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post Jul 6 2006, 10:23 AM
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terrible fozzie...
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post Jul 6 2006, 11:22 AM
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QUOTE (nickluto @ Jul 6 2006, 11:23 AM)


Good question !

but it was a cool looking explosion.


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post Jul 7 2006, 03:59 AM
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challenger i'm guessing


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