North Korea rattles sabers, demands attention, candy

[Salvage]

And somehow, I don't think a Taepodong will get far enough to do any harm without either going wildly off-course or falling apart mid-flight and dropping into the pacific. (Also, why did they launch it Westward if they were trying to put something in orbit?)

The launch was mostly south. That was so that the only land in its sub-orbital path (where failed stages might crash) was Australia, and to get it into a nearly polar orbit.
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