North Korea keeps world guessing (北朝鮮ミサイル発射についてパート１）

North Korea keeps world guessing (北朝鮮ミサイル発射についてパート１）
SINGAPORE: North Korea on Saturday kept the world guessing after announcing that a satellite would be launched "soon". Pyongyang's critics suspect that the move might actually be a smokescreen for test-firing an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. A five-day "Time window," beginning Saturday, was earlier set for the proposed "lift-off". And, in line with that, the North Korean state news agency said in the morning that the "preparations" for launching "an experimental communications satellite.... have been completed."
The statement sent neighbouring Japan and South Korea into a state of heightened alert. The U.S., with its "forward military presence" in the region, also intensified efforts to meet an emergency in the event of North Korean failure. Device were already deployed in and around Japan for protection against the possible "debris" of a disintegrating North Korea "missile" in test-flight.
An interlude of monitoring error punctuated the tension. The Japanese government suddenly reported that North Korea appeared to have " launched a projectile." However, the statement was quickly withdrawn.　（Ｔｈｅ　ＨＩＮＤＯ　April 5 2009)

今日の一言
インドからまさかこんなん記事を読むとは・・・・日本では北朝鮮はややこしいイメージが強いですが、ここインドではあまりイメージがつかない様で、ニュースにも余りならないのですが、今回はさすがに世界も注目しているみたいですね。　ただ資源に魅力がない北朝鮮には戦争等めんどくさい事には発展しないように思えますが・・・・まぁ平和が一番ですね。
では、パート２で。