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Re:North Korea attempts but fails to launch missile: South K... by boomboomsubban on Saturday April 15, 2017 @11:57PM (#14124244)
Rockets carry the fuel needed to travel straight up and almost nothing else. Attaching a ton of explosives to it and trying to aim it is a bit trickier.

Besides, claiming the free market works because the country almost every capitalist state refuses to do business with has some problems is a bit of a joke.

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Re:North Korea attempts but fails to launch missile: South K... by planteen on Sunday April 16, 2017 @12:06AM (#14124265)
SpaceX rockets like CRS-10 are carrying upper stages and the Dragon capsule full of cargo
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Re:North Korea attempts but fails to launch missile: South K... by averagewall on Sunday April 16, 2017 @01:21AM (#14124478)
The upper stages are also mostly fuel, and the cargo is almost nothing as a percentage of the total weight.
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Re:North Korea attempts but fails to launch missile: South K... by icebraining on Sunday April 16, 2017 @04:29AM (#14124959)
Are nuclear warheads that heavy?
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Re:North Korea attempts but fails to launch missile: South K... by planteen on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @01:41PM (#14141014)
Doesn't look like it, Wikipedia says a W87 is 440-600 lbs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W87
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