N. Korea: today's test site and a possibly new test site shown on the map

Yonhap News (via Naver.com) ^ | 10/09/06

[TigerLikesRooster]

In the map above,

• Near the center of the map, there is a star-shaped red mark. It is the site identified by S. Korean Geological Institute as the nuclear test site of today, which is 15.4km(9.56 miles) North West of Hwadae, the Taepodong-2 missile launch site.
• On the lower left corner, another star-shaped red mark is the one S. Korean Intelligence identified as the test site. It is 15 km (9.32 miles) NNW of Kim Chaek City. It is at 129.01 40.81.
• On the upper left part of the map, there is a white box with some comments written inside. It points to a blue star sitting on a railroad marking. That is the Pung-gye-ri site where movements suspected to be a preparation for another possible nuclear test were spotted this afternoon(Oct. 9)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[RedCell]

On the upper left part of the map, there is a white box with some comments written inside.

My Korean is a little rusty. Any idea what it says?

[dubie]

My Korean is a little rusty. Any idea what it says?


It sates: "John Kerry served in Vietnam."

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #3

Says that NIS(S. Korean intelligence agency)spotted unusual movements of vehicles and personnel in the afternoon of Oct. 9.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #3

Blue stars mark locations U.S. initially suspected to be possible nuclear test sites.

[Grendel9]

Looks like a teaser for anyone
contemplating blowing up that
railroad line in more than a
few locations.

[AmericanInTokyo]

So the sites were actually south of Kilchu? Interesting. But there is activity as of 3:00 p.m. local time (2:00 a.m. US East Coast time this morning) in those intially suspected areas (near Pyonggyeyok).

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #7

Demo on how to chop up a long spaghetti noodle or two. Using nukes. LOL!

[Godzilla]

Ping to the following

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1711848/posts?page=592#592

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #8

A fairly small area, turned inside out by a nuke more than once. It should be interesting what will crawl out of there once (radioactive) dust settles.:)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #10

The map at your link appears to suggest that the blast site of Oct. 9 is one of three blue stars on the map above.

[RockinRight]

"I'm so ronery."

[TomasUSMC]

assination of the NK big man might work, it needs to be tried, otherwise....

Annihilate N. Korea with a instant massive nuke response. Anything else will take more time and the Japanese will catch a few nukes from them. NK is in the big leagues now, they must be dealt with that way and once they are our other enemies will see that we are willing to use nukes.

[Godzilla]

Appears so. Unconfirmed information indicates that the test appeared to have been carried out in a 360-meter-high (1,200 feet) mountain northwest of the Musudan missile base in the Hwadaeri region.

[blu]

Generally, I'm not a member of the "Nuke 'em till they glow" club, but in this instance, I agree with you, about the assassination of 'Lil Doodie Head. I'd hate to see the whole county punished for his temper tantrums, but he's so bonkers, who knows what he'll do? Take him out - that little brat deserves the ultimate time-out!

[AmericanInTokyo]

KBS TV is showing VERY interesting computer graphics of what the underground test would have looked like...with the horizontal shaft drilled, etc. into the side of the mountain. Also, saw another clip of DPRK TV earlier this evening. The usual female announcer (you know that older looking bitch) was delivering the news to the masses with this smart ass smile on her face, boasting about 100% domestic content in the weapon.

[GSlob]

Why would a railroad line be chosen as a nuclear test site [re: blue stars]? It is not like NK suffers from having excessive infrastructure to spare. There is one blue star at the very top of the picture which could be plausible in this context.

[StormEye]

""I'm so ronery.""

Not any more.
Chia Pet head has quite a bit of attention now.

[GSlob]

Carpet nuking [strongly indicated in this case] would mean quite a fallout - I'd wait for the calm weather.