France questions 'failed' Korean nuclear test

The Times ^ | October 11, 2006 | Devika Bhat

[OPS4]

And maybe they lit the bomb and it went off. I will always error on the side of assuming where there is smoke there is fire.

Frogs, do not like to admit to one of thier allies are caught misbehaving, as in North Korea.
Ops4

[EQAndyBuzz]

Meanwhile back in Pyonpyang a ronery dear leader wonders aloud what else he needs to do to get attention.

[Tolik]

OK. Saddam behaved like he also had nukes. Its still not clear if he knowingly bluffed, or indeed suffered a grandeur delusion, or his WMDs are well hidden away. But it really does not matter. We can't afford to make a rogue state to use a nuke threat or nuke bluff as a deterrent. NK is long overdue for a regime change.

Even in the height of the USSR power soviets were passing around NK magazines (in Russian) for a good laugh. Surreal, isn't it?

[Tai_Chung]

it produced an explosion so small that if indeed it was nuclear, it had been a failure

Unless it is intended for use with the "no-dong" missile

[spinestein]

["What’s important is to determine is whether this was chemical or nuclear. It’s possible that we never will."]


Since the seismic activity allows us to pinpoint the exact location of the explosion, why don't we just send in a military blitzkrieg to take over that one spot and have our experts determine which it was? If it WAS nuclear, then there is justification to declare them a hostile state and deal with them appropriately and other nations have no credibility to complain. If it wasn't nuclear, then we will have exposed them as frauds and the squawking little dictator will forever be a laughingstock.

What am I thinking? That would be a PRACTICAL solution to the problem.

[2harddrive]

"To ensure THE neutron is fired"? How 'bout them physics! LOL.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Well, the French are experts in nuclear tests! :-P

[SeeSalt]

"And trust me, if there's anyone who knows about military failures, it's the French."


You are so right!!!!French expertise in Chanel No.5 bombs!

[Colonial Warrior]

Copy of Lil' Kim's IQ results...

[RightWhale]

It's in the accuracy. The neutron must be fired through the center of the mass within a millimeter.

[fso301]

China balked at the idea of giving any UN resolution teeth, a sign that it would not tolerate anything that would destabilise the region by toppling the North Korean Government, causing chaos on its doorstep and a likely refugee exodus.

Why aren't South Korea and Russia also worried about a refugee exodus?

[dr_who_2]

Yes, and the geopolitical er-"orientation" of the French is ambiguous enough for me to wonder how your average Frenchman would react to seeing someone with a rolled up sock stuck in his pants. For all we know, France might decide to end sanctions against North Korea just to give them a sporting chance.

[backtothestreets]

The White House is set to procure a dictionary of harsh language, and will then issue a harsher statement to North Korea ... after receiving UN approval of course.

[GOP_1900AD]

It is interesting to me that almost no one in the mainstream wants to "go there" regarding the possibility that the blast was actually larger than seismic measurements indicated, and that P-wave decoupling was used to acheive that exact effect. The reason this is a "don't go there" notion is because during the Test Ban Treaty debates of yore, the ideas of concealment and cheating by the enemies of the West were held up by the usual suspects as "right wing paranoia." There is a lot more riding on this whole thing than the DPRK's nuclear status. What is really riding on it is whether or not the naive utopian dream of nuclear disarmament gets discredited or not.

[SevenofNine]

ROFL or need nuke viagra LOL!

[Suzy Quzy]

LOL!!

[kcar]

The US needs to agree to bilateral talks immediately! That way we sit across the table from them and laugh:

"Do you call that a Nuke?"!

[NewLand]

This may be true, but it's their intent that matters. If left alone, they will develop a nuclear weapon, and they will sell that technology.

[Colorado Doug]

The proposals include stopping trade in any materials which could be used to produce weapons of mass destruction, cargo inspections for goods going in and out of the country, and, in a measure targeted at the country's tiny elite, a ban on luxury goods.

Unbelievable! This should have already been done, yet China and Russia find it too harsh. I guess anything that does not damage the US is too harsh.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

France, experts on small failed explosions.

When it comes to nuclear stuff France knows what they're talking about. They're the leaders in the field.