I've been hearing reports on twitter about this possibility for the last few hours. Well it has just been confirmed by news outlets all over the world.
Here's a real quick blurb from CNN
Posted: 10:50 PM ET
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea has launched a rocket, a South Korean official confirmed to CNN on Sunday.
Since I started this diary it appears that this rocket has already passed over Japan.
I'm really not sure what to make of all this except that it's sure starting to get a lot of attention.
I'm getting really quick updates from BNO News such as
# Yonhap: South Korea says still early to call N. Korea's launch a success, waiting for additional information from United States. less than a minute ago
So this Rocket is going over Japan. I really don't like all these really quick updates. I want to be able to make more of this story, but I just don't have enough background info. We know that North Korea is saying this is "peaceful" but can we really believe that at this point.
U.S. and other world officials believe that this is in direct defiance of the U.N. Heck it's also being reported that Kim Jong IL has not been seen in days. But hasn't he also been reported as being dead.
This is really scary to me, but I want to get some other thoughts and comments.