U.S.officials say no part of the three-stage rocket reached orbit and the launching was a thinly-disguised test of a long-range ballistic missile that was banned under a 2006 U.N.resolution.
VOA: standard.2009.04.15
Imagined futures that are really thinlydisguised commentaries on current affairs are not chiefly concerned with reliable prediction.
China was furious about the new rules on currencies, regarding them as a thinlydisguised American-sponsored tool for attacking Beijing's currency regime.