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North Korea conducts fifth and largest nuclear test, drawing broad condemnation
Reuters ^ | September 9, 2016 | Ju-min Park and Jack Kim

Posted on 09/09/2016 5:56:13 AM PDT by C19fan

North Korea conducted its fifth and biggest nuclear test on Friday and said it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile, ratcheting up a threat that its rivals and the United Nations have been powerless to contain.

The blast, on the 68th anniversary of North Korea's founding, was more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, according to some estimates, and drew condemnation from the United States as well as China, Pyongyang's main ally.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: korea; nuclear
Estimates of the yield vary form 10 kt - 30 kt.
1 posted on 09/09/2016 5:56:13 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Kim III is Robert, and wants everyone to know he has the fanciest toys.


2 posted on 09/09/2016 5:59:40 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: C19fan

The have nothing to offer to the world except extortion and threats.


3 posted on 09/09/2016 5:59:56 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: C19fan

If this is, in fact, a nuclear test then how much weapons-grade plutonium does North Korea have? How many bombs can they have left?


4 posted on 09/09/2016 6:01:01 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: C19fan

has obomba restored Americas image abroad, yet?


5 posted on 09/09/2016 6:01:17 AM PDT by sappy (criminaldems)
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To: C19fan

Kim III is ron-er-y, and wants everyone to know he has the fanciest toys. I hate auto correct.


6 posted on 09/09/2016 6:01:22 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: BigEdLB

Quick !
Put in a call to Jimmah Cahtah...


7 posted on 09/09/2016 6:03:16 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: DoodleDawg
If this is, in fact, a nuclear test then how much weapons-grade plutonium does North Korea have? How many bombs can they have left?

How much American uranium did Hillary's state department give them?

The Russians got 20%...

8 posted on 09/09/2016 6:07:35 AM PDT by null and void (Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
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To: C19fan
An even MORE strongly worded letter.


9 posted on 09/09/2016 6:08:55 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Why would a Nork bomb be worse than Irainian???? Theyre both rogue countries.


10 posted on 09/09/2016 6:16:26 AM PDT by 556x45
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They want Obama to negotiate a nuke deal with them just like Iran, so they too can collect billions of dollars.


11 posted on 09/09/2016 6:45:01 AM PDT by smalltowngirl
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To: DoodleDawg
If this is, in fact, a nuclear test then how much weapons-grade plutonium does North Korea have? How many bombs can they have left?

I think that is an excellent question which I have wondered about as well.

I found this ---- "The Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (Isis) estimated last year that North Korea had 10 to 16 nuclear weapons at the end of 2014. It based that conclusion on an analysis of the country’s production of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium recovered from spent nuclear fuel."

12 posted on 09/09/2016 6:57:27 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk; DoodleDawg

I suspect China has supplied all the plutonium North Korea wants.

North Korea will act as China’s proxy. Don’t buy into the Chinese condemnation. Smoke and mirrors is all that is.

I wouldn’t doubt you folks already know this.


13 posted on 09/09/2016 7:28:49 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: C19fan

Is there a reason I’ve not seen a word about hanging this around the Clinton’s necks?


14 posted on 09/09/2016 7:56:38 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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Well - there was this:
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/07/16/media-flashback-clintons-nuclear-deal-with-north-korea/


15 posted on 09/09/2016 8:00:50 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: C19fan
China said it was resolutely opposed to the test and urged Pyongyang to stop taking any actions that would worsen the situation. It said it would lodge a protest with the North Korean embassy in Beijing.

OOOOOhhhhh! Lodging a complaint! Bet that causes Kim to quake in his boots. China could stop him dead in his tracks in about 3 minutes flat if they wanted. So could Japan. So could the US but then the UN but we're too scared of the UN to take action. It's best that China stop him.

16 posted on 09/09/2016 8:17:19 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: DoodleDawg

Has there been any recordings of higher than normal radiation?


17 posted on 09/09/2016 8:18:05 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: bgill
Has there been any recordings of higher than normal radiation?

Not that I've heard of. But since these have all been underground tests then would there be much of a radiation release?

18 posted on 09/09/2016 8:25:36 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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With all the faux “global outrage” over this, I’m just thinkin’, and well, just spitballin’ here, but wouldn’t it have been easier if the Clintons, with the help of Jimmy Carter, hadn’t given North Korea 2 nuclear reactors and $5 billion cash in the first place?

http://nypost.com/2016/01/06/you-can-thank-jimmy-carter-and-bill-clinton-for-north-koreas-nukes/


19 posted on 09/09/2016 8:48:25 AM PDT by Hurricane Andrew (There are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think.)
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HaPPy DaYs are herrrre agaaaain.. Go Hillary!!


20 posted on 09/09/2016 3:22:35 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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