Missile launch by N. Korea met with tepid response, again

WASHINGTON (CNSNews.com) – North Korea's rocket launch Sunday sparked a now familiar pattern of responses to provocative actions by the Kim regime, with the U.S. leading a chorus of condemnation and calling for a "firm" U.N. Security Council response, and China signaling it wants to apply the brakes.
The launch, which Pyongyang said carried an earth observation satellite into orbit, violated a series of previous Security Council resolutions that prohibit North Korea from using ballistic missile knowhow. It was the sixth time since 1998 that the regime has tested technology which the Pentagon says aims to bring the U.S. mainland within reach of a nuclear-tipped intercontinental missile.