North Korea Launches Rocket

It will be interesting to see the analysis that will come as a result of the launch.

North Korea appeared to launch a rocket on Sunday, the Japanese government said, defying calls from world leaders to scrap a plan that has caused international alarm.

It was not immediately clear if the launch had been successful, or if it was a long-range version of the rocket.

The rocket is supposed to fly over Japan, dropping boosters to its west and east on a path that runs southwest of Hawaii.

The United States, South Korea and Japan say the plan is actually the test of a Taepodong-2 missile, which is designed to carry a warhead as far as Alaska.

So I note the missile launch while watching Twitter, and as I'm surfing the various news channels on TV, I tune into Fox News after the other cable networks break out of live coverage, and sure enough, an animation on the screen has a ballistic missile launched from North Korea hit the continental US.

Hmm... I remember why I hate TV for information.

The State Department has called a press conference for 11:40pm EST in response to the rocket launch, roughly 10 minutes from now.