Talk:Paektusan (rocket)

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Paektusan/Taepodong nomenclature[edit]

The name Paektusan-1 actually refers to the rocket launched on August 31, 1998, whereas the July 5, 2006 launch is named Paektusan-2. Therefore, the names Taepodong-1 and Taepodong-2 could refer to the Paektusan rocket family.

References:

조선대백과사전 [Korea Encyclopedia], Vol. 28, Pyongyang: Paekkwasajŏnch’ulp’amsa, 2001, p. 165; Shim Kyu-sŏn, Donga Ilbo, September 7, 2001, in “DPRK’s Taepo Dong Missile Named Paektusan No. 1,” Open Source Center Document ID: KPP20010910000089; 심규선 [Sim Kyu-sŏn], “북한 대포동미사일 ‘백두산 1호’ 공식 명명” [Official name of North Korea’s Taepodong missile is ‘Paektusan-1’],” 동아일보 [Donga Ilbo], September 8, 2001, in KINDS, www.kinds.or.kr; 문일 [Mun Il], “대포동미사일 정식명칭 ‘백두산1호로켓’” [“The Formal Name of the Taepodong Missile is the ‘Paektusan-1 Rocket’],” 국민일보, 2001.09.07, in KINDS, www.kinds.or.kr; 김지영 [Kim Ji-yŏng], “[대포동]소동은 미국의 자작자연극” [Uproar Over (Taepodong) Is a Self-Made Drama by the U.S.”], 조선신보 [Chosŏn Sinbo], June 21, 2006, www.korea-np.co.jp.72.194.120.176 (talk) 23:51, 15 August 2011 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian[reply]

The July 2006 launch is generally held to be Unha-1. --G W… 06:19, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

source[edit]

Should http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/03/15/musudan-launch-flight-path/ be replaced by http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/03/16/2009031661004.html ? They (talk) 23:14, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal[edit]

As this article has no cites that are live anymore (404s or soft redirects, and in internet searches the Taepodong-1 name is far more popular than Paektusan, I propose this article be made a redirect to the larger Taepodong-1 article. I will add a paragraph on the Paektusan name there, probably using this cite. Rwendland (talk) 11:24, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This is a strong argument, which I support. I've modified the merge template on the Taepodong-1 page to indicate the intended direction of the merge, and changed the merge proposal date (as the current proposal is in a different direction to that in 2014; it should also match the date on the Paektusan page). Klbrain (talk) 18:55, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]