Did China Order N Korean Missile Launches?

As far as I can tell, what's been lost in all the Korean missile reporting is this:

Space Shuttle: The 45th Space Wing provided flawless Eastern Range support for NASA’s launch of Space Shuttle Discovery July 4. Discovery lifted off at 2:38 pm(EDT)

Korean Missiles: The tests began shortly after 3:30 a.m. local time (2:30 p.m. Tuesday ET) and lasted for about five hours.

Passing along a bit of very curious information from a friend who happened to be listening to the Batchelor Show last night. You may know that John Loftus is a regular contributor. It's being suggested in some quarters that the North Korean launch was undertaken on behalf of the Chinese, who wanted to draw a better bead on, I believe, our HAARP systems, or, perhaps our general missile tracking capabilities.

Reportedly such systems are activated during a shuttle launch and introducing additional missiles into the atmosphere at the same time could yield some valuable intelligence as to our capabilities to, say, knock down missiles headed for Taiwan.

Given the timing, it appeared to be ... well, interesting enough to pass it along.

Neoconexpress thinks deploying the Arrow anti-missile system to Japan could be our best bet. Frankly, I'm fine with Japan, Taiwan and India nuking up and pointing them right at NK and China.

Comments

[Rick]

"Did China Order N Korean Missile Launches?"
Now there's something to consider while you're standing in line at Walmart. Extra low prices and Chinese slave labor!

[splashtc]

what does google report about this?

[Carol Herman]

Well, let's see. North korea shoots off six or seven missiles. And, they all launch badly. Falling into the sea. A few breaking up shortly after lift-off.

Of course, they can say they AIMED at Hawaii. And, you aimed at buying the winning lottery ticket.

Dunno if china was involved with the missiles' failures ... HOWEVER ... maybe, they wrote the instructions? Have you ever gotten instructions, that when you carefully follow them, what you're putting together NEVER comes out to look like the picture on the box?

Who knows? Maybe, a few pins were missing?

The bigger head scratcher is now that the missiles have been launched, nobody feels it necessary to return to sender a missile that works? We could write on the outside how to do it. But when it lands it would land perfectly on target. Would you need to say more?

Also, North korea had gotten desperately needed food shipments from china. By train. Go figa. The nutty leader LOVED the trains! And, wouldn't return them.

Perhaps, in kindergarten he missed the session that would have taught him everything he would need to know to get along in this world?

China now has a long list of things it would like to get from ding-dong ill. Fat chance, huh?

[TexasFred]

I wanted to send em a SUCCESSFUL launch example...

http://texasfred.net/?p=165

[kate]

some thing is wrong and the msm press is probably getting it wrong again. if china really doesn't want north korea to be firing these missles off like everyone keeps saying, north korea would not be doing it period.

[K]

China doesn't deserve this rap. It is true that they refuse to run N. Korea for us. And in the manner we would prefer. It is true that they insist Taiwan is Chinese. (just as the Nationalists of Taiwan have for 50 some years.) It is true they are building a modern military. It is true they gather intelligence. It is true they are making alliances with those who can supply raw materials.

Just exactly what are they doing that other major countries are not doing in regard to their own security?

North Korea is being run by a crazy dynasty. Too bad! And it is a damn hard problem for the neighbors just as Sparta was a hard problem for their neighbors. Iron discipline, some military capability, and no outside opinions allowed.