U. S. Said To SECRETLY Be Trying To Recover North Korean Missile Debris

Japanese officials say it is unlikely they will try to retrieve North Korean rocket components that fell into the Sea of Japan during a recent missile launch says UPI. Meanwhile reports are circulating that the U. S. Is conducting a secret search for debris that fell into the Pacific Ocean. North Korea launched the 3-stage missile on April 5^th. Its first stage fell into the Sea of Japan with the rest falling into the Pacific including its payload.

North Korea says the payload was a satellite but there is a lot of skepticism about that. A few say the missile’s payload was a warhead. That seems unlikely, but it is logical that a dummy warhead could have been attached to make the missile test more realistic and valuable for research.

It is unknown but unlikely that North Korea could produce a nuclear warhead suitable for such a missile delivery. But, the regime can almost certainly get specifics on such a warhead and build a dummy.

In any case the debris is likely under many hundred and even thousands of feet of water and even with accurate radar tracking pinpointing where it landed it will be a hurculean task to find and retrieve it. On the other hand if it were recovered proving North Korea had fixed a warhead (even a dummy) it would have value to demonstrate its intentions were other than peaceful.