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Reply With QuoteNorth Korea conducted its first nuclear test only a little while ago and according to a Norht Korean news report, it was successful and that there was no radioactive leakage from the test site.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061009/...koreas_nuclear
3 minutes ago
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean government officials said
North Korea performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test Monday, the South's Yonhap news agency reported.
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South Korean officials could not immediately confirm the report.
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun convened an urgent meeting of security advisers over the issue, Yonhap reported.
The North said last week it would conduct a nuclear test as part of its deterrent against a possible U.S. invasion.
The director of South Korea's monitoring center that is watching for a test with sound and seismic detectors declined to immediately comment on the report. The
U.S. Geological Survey said it had detected no seismic activity in North Korea, although it was not clear whether a blast would be strong enough for its sensors.
North Korea conducted its first nuclear test only a little while ago and according to a Norht Korean news report, it was successful and that there was no radioactive leakage from the test site.
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And they used Floam (TM) to encapsulate the blast to prevent seismologists from detecting the blast waves as well . . .Originally Posted by Kate M
They have stealthy nuclear technology
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This is from CNN
North Korea says it has performed nuclear test
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday the country has performed a successful nuclear test.
South Korean government officials also said North Korea performed its first nuclear test, the South's Yonhap news agency reported
According to KCNA, there was no radioactive leakage from the site.
South Korean officials could not immediately confirm the Yonhap report.
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun convened an urgent meeting of security advisers over the issue, Yonhap reported.
The North said last week it would conduct a nuclear test as part of its deterrent against a possible U.S. invasion.
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.
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Chimo
Things are going to be crazy!
It was when the Great Way declined,that human kindness and morality arose.
It was when intelligence and knowledge appeared,that the Great Artifice began.
North Korea has already carried a clandestine nuclear test along with the Pakistani tests in May 1998. The current furrow could be a tactic by China to take away world opinion from something more pressing.
Cheers!...on the rocks!!
North Korea tested a nuclear device around an hour ago approxiametely measuring 3.6 on the richter scale. North Korea has announced it as a success.
What happens now????????
South Korea just raised its military alertness.
I would suggest we wait. It's way too early to jump to any conclusions.
Chimo
They better start working on their stealth technology as seismic activity has been detected eminating from North Korea with initial reports saying it is around 3.5 magnitude.And they used Floam (TM) to encapsulate the blast to prevent seismologists from detecting the blast waves as well . . .
They have stealthy nuclear technology
edit- USGS has just stated that seismic activity of magnitude 4.2 came from North Korea at 10:34am local time (approx 3 hours ago).
Last edited by Speedy; 09 Oct 06, at 05:31. Reason: update info
I just opened up a thread on the same subject lol. I don't know what to expect. South Korea just raised it military alertness. Whats gonna happen next? Is it possible South Korea will launch a full scale attack against the North??
Captain,
Which test is that? The Los Alamos Labs have decided that all nuclear materials have came from within Pakistan.
Chimo
We're going to see what's the actual device 1st. There's alot to be found out before anything can be decided ... but no, the SKs ain't going to attack. They're still under American command and the US has not decided on a go.
Chimo
Further update from USGS was the seismic activity was centred approximately 200 km northeast of Pyongyang.
And what might that be?
The purpose of all war is ultimately peace. - Saint Augustine
For it tis' the doom of men that they forget. - Merlin the Magician
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. - Albert Einstein
Japan and Taiwan build their own nuclear deterrents?
Last edited by InfiniteDreams; 09 Oct 06, at 06:39.
The purpose of all war is ultimately peace. - Saint Augustine
For it tis' the doom of men that they forget. - Merlin the Magician
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. - Albert Einstein
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