July 4th fireworks:
Good guys: STS-121, space shuttle Discovery, lifted off safely today and entered orbit as planned.
Bad guys: North Korea fired at least three missiles today, possibly six (as reported just now on Fox News). John at Blogs of War has lots of coverage. Useful commentary on NRO's The Corner:
According to early reports they fired two SCUDS followed by what may have been their long-range test missile. If this was the case the SCUDS were clearly meant to draw fire from our missile-defense systems. Then the long-range missile reportedly failed in flight. It would be great if we actually took it down, but in-flight failure doesn't help the North Koreans in their drive to intimidate the world.Posted by Alan at July 4, 2006 06:03 PM