“Isso nunca me aconteceu antes!” deve ter sido a frase do frustrado Bob Filho a seus subordinados quando o foguetão não subiu! Alguma cabeça norte-coreana deve ter rolado… Fico por aqui me perguntando: será que foi por imperícia, ineficiência, ou se tem aí o dedo de algum serviço de inteligência estrangeiro?
O pior é que, para compensar a falha, o garoto pode querer aprontar com alguma manifestação de masculinidade nacionalista, como assinala a matéria da Reuters… É, meu jovem, acontece…
Embarrassed by rocket crash, North Korea may try nuclear test
By Maxim Duncan and Ju-min Park
PYONGYANG/SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said its much hyped long-range rocket launch failed on Friday, in a very rare and embarrassing public admission of failure by the hermit state and a blow for its new young leader who faces international outrage over the attempt.
The isolated North, using the launch to celebrate the 100th birthday of the dead founding president Kim Il-sung and to mark the rise to power of his grandson Kim Jong-un, is now widely expected to press ahead with its third nuclear test to show its military strength.
“The possibility of an additional long-range rocket launch or a nuclear test, as well as a military provocation to strengthen internal solidarity is very high,” a senior South Korean defense ministry official told a parliamentary hearing. Continuar lendo
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