Rocket Queen

L'il Kim in North Korea was aiming at Hawaii with the Taepodong-2 missile that blew up shortly after launch, if the reports are to be believed.

More rockets may be ready for launch. That's not all that surprising. The question is whether those rockets include the longer range Taepodong-2 or the shorter range missiles.

North Korea could have another long-range missile at a launch site but does not appear close to firing it, South Korea's defense minister told reporters Friday. Also, South Korea said it will delay food and fertilizer shipments to the North, and had turned down a proposal by the North to hold military talks this week.

Intelligence shows the North may have moved two long-range Taepodong-2 missiles to the launch site before it test-fired what was believed to be a Taepodong and six other, shorter-range missiles on Wednesday, Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung told a small group of reporters, the Yonhap news agency said.

And those launches may be delayed because the failure of the first Taepodong-2 was due to a technical glitch. I'm surprised that more folks aren't considering the possibility that sabotage somehow played a role in the launch failure.