There was a seismic event. Note, however, that it lasts for several minutes (nukes spike hard and then are over pretty fast, in comparison).
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/INCN_24hr.html
Also, NK claims they did it at 10:36.
Posted on 10/08/2006 9:07:09 PM PDT by struggle
Does anyone here think is is fishy that a claimed 400kt was a 5kt poof? Does anyone here think this is a conventional detonation of a few thousand tons in a shallow surface location to create the appearance of a nuke?
No nuclear signature, no leak. Is that suspicious? Is North Korea simply trying to save face and collect money?
Probably a mass fart from all the cabbage consumption.
I wouldn't count on it, I say load up the B-2's and F-117's with heavy weapons and take care of this little problem for good.
Not so much as a donkey fart here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/125_40.php
USGS has confirmed to the media a 3.5 from NK.
There was a seismic event. Note, however, that it lasts for several minutes (nukes spike hard and then are over pretty fast, in comparison).
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/INCN_24hr.html
Also, NK claims they did it at 10:36.
It would be pretty easy to tell. A nuke test is very obvious on a seismograph.
It's a lie. Pure and simple. Jong is just trying to consolodate his power and pass it on to his next of kin before he dies of diabetic organ failure.
US officially confirmed it was a nuclear test, just smaller than what NK hoped for, but that doesn't make it any less significant.
NK gave China a 20 min warning and China also warned the US shortly thereafter.
actually that was my first thought....
but it is a nice break from "Pin the scandal on the Gay" week.......
I haven't seen it on any news site. Your source link, please?
Bomb them either way! If it's a fake, so much the better. If it's real, they asked for it!
The 400kt is wrong. That's not a number one could even imagine getting with the first nuke test in one's program. Either the administration official made a mistake to FOX or it's pro-US spin.
Also, military officials wouldn't even be saying that it was a nuke test if they didn't know that it was a nuke test. Again, the seismograph is very characteristic. The USGS has record of a 3.5 from NK. (Not up on the website yet, and according to some here, it may never be.) I'm sure our officials have already analyzed that, as well as other information, to come to the conclusion that NK did conduct a legitimate and successful nuke test.
Breaking News Banner: U.S. Official Confirms North Korean Nuclear Test to FOX News
http://www.foxnews.com/
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FoxNews TV -- but I couldn't find it posted on the internet.
They had a Bush admin official on the phone, I didn't catch his name.
I should add a third option: Total overexaggeration from NK of what they expected for bragging purposes. However, the NK scientists surely did not expect 400kt, I can guarantee you that.
This does not mean they are anywhere near capable of putting a nuclear warhead on any of their missiles. That said, it's still an important event in the fact that such a device can be put on a ship, taken to a port, and detonated in a major population center.
You know if Iranian "observers" were present for the 4th of July missile tests, they were also around for this. The above scenario is not something I would put past either NK or Iran.
That's a Magnitude 6.2 earthquake in Tonga in the South Pacific.
Oh, I think one of the first things they'll do is sell one to Iran.
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