Seems Kim Jong Il wasn't the least intimidated by Georgie boy's heavy-handed threats:
"TOKYO, Wednesday, July 5 — North Korea test-fired at least six missiles over the Sea of Japan on Wednesday morning, including an intercontinental missile that apparently failed or was aborted 42 seconds after it was launched, White House and Pentagon officials said.Read more.
The small barrage of launchings, which took place over more than four hours, came in defiance of warnings from President Bush and the governments of Japan, South Korea and China. Of the launchings, which the United States and Japan condemned, intelligence officials focused most of their attention on the intercontinental missile, called the Taepodong 2, which American spy satellites have been watching on a remote launching pad for more than a month."
Photo credit: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is pictured here in June 2006 in this handout photo from KCNA. North Korea test-fired six missiles, including a long-range Taepodong-2 capable of reaching US soil, sparking furious condemnation from neighboring Japan and the United States. (AFP/KCNA-HO/File)
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