>From: Robert W. Gordon, Esq.
>Date: 2012/04/16
>
>
>Well, a "missile" justifies (among other things) a
>multi-billion >dollar purchase of Lockheed Martin's
F-35 jetfighters, >notwithstanding >funds needed to rebuild the Tohoku area.
>
>Mere "satellite launch vehicles" aren't as "sexy"
>or as politically useful.
>
>But to answer your question, some media here in the
>South are calling it simply a "rocket".
>
>R.W.G.
>
I recall seeing on TV news in Japanese in Tokyo reports from Japanese reporters in North Korea saying that North Korean officials had pointed out to reporters taken to the scene of the launching that the "rocket:"
was SMALLER than a rocket that would have to be used to launch a weapon.
Japanese reporters also mentioned prominently in their news on Jong-un's appearance in Pyongyang Square that the rocket in the parade that passed the reviewing stand was BIGGER that the rocket that exploded in the launch attempt.
Sam Jameson