EEEK North Korea

[ahellers]

FOX news just reported that North Korea has just preformed a Nuke Test......
Duck and cover
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[trevorjk]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/korea.nuclear.test/index.html

SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea on Monday claimed it has performed a successful nuclear test, according to that country's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

South Korean government officials also said North Korea performed its first nuclear test, the South's Yonhap news agency reported.

The apparent nuclear test was conducted at 10:36 a.m. (0136 GMT) in Hwaderi near Kilju city, Yonhap reported, citing defense officials.

"The field of scientific research in the DPRK (North Korea's official name) successfully conducted an underground nuclear test under secure conditions on October 9 ... at a stirring time when all the people of the country are making a great leap forward in the building of a great prosperous powerful socialist nation," KCNA reported.

Late Sunday in Washington, a U.S. military official told CNN that "something clearly has happened," but the Pentagon was working to fully confirm the report.

Senior U.S. officials said they also believed the test took place, citing seismic data that appeared to show one.

"The nuclear test was conducted with indigenous wisdom and technology 100 percent. It marks a historic event as it greatly encouraged and pleased the KPA (Korean People's Army) and people that have wished to have powerful self-reliant defense capability," KCNA reported.

"It will contribute to defending the peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the area around it."

The U.S. Geological Survey's Rafael Abreau said the earthquake-measuring agency has not recorded any seismic activity from North Korea.

However, South Korean intelligence officials said a seismic wave of magnitude-3.58 had been detected in North Hamkyung province, according to Yonhap.

In Tokyo, the prime minister's office said Japan had set up a task force to address the situation.

Chief government spokesman Yasuhisa Shiozaki said if a nuclear test was confirmed, Japan would "strongly protest" it.

High-level South Korean officials were meeting Monday after intelligence of the suspected test was received.

"President Roh Moo-hyun called in an emergency meeting of related ministers on Monday to discuss the North Korean nuclear issue," said Yonhap, quoting Foreign Ministry spokesman Choo Kyu-ho.

"The meeting comes as there has been a grave change in the situation involving the North's nuclear activity."

According to KCNA, there was no radioactive leakage from the site.

On Friday, the U.N. Security Council warned North Korea against performing a nuclear test, citing unspecified action if it should do so.

It also called on North Korea to return immediately to the six-party talks with China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States.
'Serious provocation'

Citing American belligerence and pressure, North Korea said Tuesday that a nuclear test was in the works. A date and time for the test was not given.

The report of the test came as Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Seoul for meetings with President Roh Moo-hyun to address the nuclear issue as well as address strains in relations between the two countries over territorial and historical disputes.

North Korea accused rival South Korea on Monday of committing a serious provocation by firing warning shots during a weekend incident in which the South says soldiers from the communist North crossed over their border.

The border shooting came Saturday. South Korean soldiers rattled off about 40 warning shots after a group of five North Korean troops crossed into the southern side of the no-man's-land separating the divided Korean peninsula, South Korea said.

No one was hurt in the incident.

On Monday, members of the U.N. Security Council are expected to select South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon to succeed Kofi Annan as secretary-general of the world body.

In a straw poll last Monday, all but one of the 15 council members supported that choice, according to Chinese Ambassador Wang Guangya.

John Bolton, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, refused to discuss the outcome of the vote, but said: "I think it was sufficiently clear that all members of the council agreed to move to a formal vote on Monday night," he said. The announcement would be made Tuesday, he said.

CNN's Jamie McIntyre, Barbara Starr, Sohn Jie-ae and Elise Labott contributed to this report

Copyright 2006 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report.

[Steelrat]

Well, I'm sure glad we didn't invade a country that actually had weapons of mass destruction. Let's keep picking on countries we think that we can easily defeat.

NK having nukes is very, very, very bad. They've proven that they will sell anything to anyone.

[neppo1345]

It's still only a step...the nuclear device still has yet to be weaponized...

Basically, it's probably about the size of a small car...

When they can make it fit into a fridge...

[Steelrat]

It's still only a step...the nuclear device still has yet to be weaponized...

Basically, it's probably about the size of a small car...

When they can make it fit into a fridge...

They can stick it on a ship and sail it next to Tokyo. Plus, it's probably no bigger than the first nukes we had, and we managed to put one of them in a B-29.

[neppo1345]

They can stick it on a ship and sail it next to Tokyo. Plus, it's probably no bigger than the first nukes we had, and we managed to put one of them in a B-29.

Well of course, however in the modern age neither of those are very feasable delivery methods. Yeah, they could sail a ship into tokyo harbor, but then what?

Oh...and our first nuclear 'weapon':

[Steelrat]

Well of course, however in the modern age neither of those are very feasable delivery methods. Yeah, they could sail a ship into tokyo harbor, but then what?

Oh...and our first nuclear 'weapon':

You're trying to apply logic to an illogical regeime.

Oh, and just so you know, that is essentially the same bomb as the "Fatman" that was dropped on Japan.

Fatman.

[ahellers]

Well of course, however in the modern age neither of those are very feasable delivery methods. Yeah, they could sail a ship into tokyo harbor, but then what?

and then they blow it up.... umm yeah, what so un-feasable?
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[bornl33t]

The field of scientific research in the DPRK successfully conducted an underground nuclear test under secure conditions on October 9, 2006, at a stirring time when all the people of the country are making a great leap forward in the building of a great, prosperous, powerful socialist nation.

"It has been confirmed that there was no such danger as radioactive emission in the course of the nuclear test as it was carried out under scientific consideration and careful calculation.

"The nuclear test was conducted with indigenous wisdom and technology 100 percent. It marks a historic event as it greatly encouraged and pleased the KPA and people that have wished to have powerful self-reliant defense capability.

"It will contribute to defending the peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the area around it."

Since when is a nuke a defensive weapon. Only a moron or a desperate man would use a nuke on his soil.
I'm beginning to think these "wack" countries out there think Americans are dumb. Because how else would anyone be able to believe that?

[ahellers]

I say hit em now, they just blew there only nuke
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[lather]

[QUOTE=Steelrat]You're trying to apply logic to an illogical regeime.


It can be argued that the current regime in the USA isnt exactly the epitome of logic either.

[Steelrat]

[QUOTE=lather]

You're trying to apply logic to an illogical regeime.


It can be argued that the current regime in the USA isnt exactly the epitome of logic either.

I wouldn't say the current US administration is illogical, foolish might be a better term.

Boy, I'm glad our troops are tied up in a useless conflict right now.

[geekwarrior]

[QUOTE=Steelrat]

I wouldn't say the current US administration is illogical, foolish might be a better term.

Boy, I'm glad our troops are tied up in a useless conflict right now.

The only positive I can think of is that they may be a little better prepared for real combat. Course one could argue that they are worn out already too. But I don't think we will be needing them in NK anytime soon. China and Japan have to be pretty worried right now, so maye they'll step in. And I would bet that special forces teams will be doing alot of dirty work first, if they arent already in there.

[rkjunior303]

To a normal regime the nukes themselves are a big enough deterent, but if one were sold to a terrorist organization it's an entirely new can of worms. sadly, as new technolgies become more readily available - i personally think it's only a matter of time. It's not IF it will happen, but when...

[Pneumagger]

I say hit em now, they just blew there only nuke
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I believe we should covertly do this with one of our crappy mini nukes. Set it off near their bomb factories... then blame them like it was thier accident.