North Korea Missile Launch

North Korea is again trying to cause trouble. So what's new? Well President Obama is what's new? We have sternly warned Kim Jong El that there will be serious consequences if he decides to go forth.

What those are exactly are all speculative?

The countdown could begin as early as Saturday morning. North Korea says its rocket will blast off between Saturday and Wednesday, sometime between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. local time and warned aircraft to stay clear of its easterly trajectory over northern Japan and toward the Pacific.

Weather forecasts say it will be cloudy with no strong winds over the Musudan-ri launch site on North Korea’s coast, meaning the North can launch the rocket anytime during the period.

North Korea says it is launching an experimental communications satellite. But Washington and its allies see the test as a provocative demonstration of ballistic missile technology and an attempt to secure a place in President Barack Obama’s crowded foreign policy agenda.

Neighboring governments were on heightened alert on Friday. They had navy ships with missile-tracking radar deployed in waters near North Korea. North Korea reportedly moved jet fighters closer to the launch site as it threatened to counter-attack if any government tried to stop the launch.

After North Korea's nuclear test in October 2006, the UN Security Council passed a resolution that said North Korea should conduct neither nuclear tests nor ballistic missile launches, and should abandon both programs in an effort to promote peace in the region.