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North Korea Reported to Have Tested Nuclear Weapons (U.S. Official Confirms N. Korean Nuclear Test)
Posted on 10/08/2006 7:43:33 PM PDT by Ragnar Danneskjold
CNBC Asia, South Korea Wire Services Reporting
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
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To: silentknight
Unsure how this plays out It is now out of the Dimwits and the Pubbies hands. National security has it.
To: conservativepoet
How much you wanna bet Russia knew when China knew... or before?
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posted on
10/08/2006 9:03:58 PM PDT
by
AliVeritas
(Gay democrats... you are about to go the way of blacks for illegals votes... your party.)
To: STARWISE
323
posted on
10/08/2006 9:04:01 PM PDT
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: silentknight
bet there are at LEAST 6 more... :)
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posted on
10/08/2006 9:04:06 PM PDT
by
bitt
("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
To: rjp2005
400kt is ridiculous for a first test. I highly doubt the Koreans were expecting that size explosion, which would be one of the largest fission explosions of all time. I think FOX might have their story wrong on that point.
Unless of course they were attempting a fusion boost, which is also somewhat strange for a first test.
325
posted on
10/08/2006 9:04:28 PM PDT
by
Phocion
("Protection" really means exploiting the consumer. - Milton Friedman)
To: jveritas
That seems extremely dubious - sure some zeros weren't tacked on?
400 kt requires a thermonuclear device and it's actually bigger than the warhead on a Minuteman missle.
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posted on
10/08/2006 9:04:59 PM PDT
by
Strategerist
(Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves)
To: STARWISE
too bad the Clinton interview on Fox wasn't schedulued for this week....would of been interesting to see his reaction if asked why did he make that idiotic deal in ther 1990's
anyone been on DU? what is their reaction
To: sageb1
Get a copy of "ON THE BEACH"; it's the first of the genre and about as silly.
To: Phocion
I think FOX might have their story wrong on that point.
NO WAY! That's impossible. I've had total confidence in Fox since they reported Gore won the Supreme Court decision in the 2000 election.
329
posted on
10/08/2006 9:05:47 PM PDT
by
Strategerist
(Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves)
To: rjp2005
FOXNEWS per Bush admin official - NKoreans may not have gotten what they wanted (under 400kt level)
Based on info
here, and knowing that the Richter scale is exponential, the size seems very low, like < 10 Ktons.
Caveat: Depth, rock make-up, etc can certainly make all of my assumptions absolutely incorrect.
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posted on
10/08/2006 9:06:13 PM PDT
by
Deek
To: Strategerist
Thanks for the explanation, you may be very correct. As you know journalists are not the brightest people on the planet so I am just posting what they said on Foxnews :)
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posted on
10/08/2006 9:06:22 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
To: AliVeritas
How much you wanna bet Russia knew when China knew... or before?
_____________
I think you're right.
To: silentknight
I bet Clinton, Carter and Albright will have the balls to give advice as well... no shame.
333
posted on
10/08/2006 9:06:30 PM PDT
by
AliVeritas
(Gay democrats... you are about to go the way of blacks for illegals votes... your party.)
To: The_Reader_David
Actually, we could resume nuclear testing if we wanted to do so. The Senate voted down the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
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posted on
10/08/2006 9:06:33 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: COEXERJ145
Well it sounds like there "test" didn't do much.
Had there been any substantial nuclear detonation, we - and everyone else - would know before they reported it. Just like the Indian and Pakistani detonations, detectors went off all over the world.
So at this point I'm skeptical.
335
posted on
10/08/2006 9:06:37 PM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: jveritas
Good news, but how did the US know what the North Koreans wanted ?
To: DB
Like the guy on Fox is saying, the "400kt goal" smells like B.S.
337
posted on
10/08/2006 9:08:07 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: DB
The world has been played for fools. Iran will take note...as they have been for a long time now.
To: justa-hairyape
National security has it. Actually, State has it.
339
posted on
10/08/2006 9:08:27 PM PDT
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
To: Bernard Marx
Yes, I almost posted the line:
Except Einstein, and Fermi, and Feynman, and Teller, and Stanislaw, and Ulam, and...
Oppenheimer, as I understand it, was the organizational brain who guided the scientists. He was intelligent enough to maintain their respect.
Cheers!
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