10-08-2006, 21:31
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North Korea Nuke TEST !!!!
Unconfirmed reports state, that North Korea has test fired a Nuke.
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10-08-2006, 21:33
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Update....
As of 2135 MDT, the USGS in Golden CO, states that they have some seismic activity coming in from the North Korean A/O.....as per FOX news.
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10-08-2006, 21:40
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The test measured 3.58 magnitude.
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10-08-2006, 21:55
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This is great news...I really missed the REDs and the arms race.  This ought to mean a big budget increase for the ol' Air Force... 
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10-08-2006, 21:58
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FOX is now saying that a senior Bush offical () says that NK did indeed fire off a Nuke, but that they (the NKs) wanted the device to be at least a 400 kilo-ton blast, but due to information coming out, it was well below that.
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10-08-2006, 22:24
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This is great news...I really missed the REDs and the arms race. This ought to mean a big budget increase for the ol' Air Force...
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What?
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10-08-2006, 22:39
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Sarcasm brother...sarcasm....
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10-08-2006, 23:54
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We should Arc Light AQ Khan's house right now.
Could have banked a deal with the Chinese years ago, we’d drop our defense guarantee of Taiwan, the Norks suddenly move from an asset to a liability for Beijing. Wam-Bam, they’d be making flat-screens and stitching Nike’s in Pyongyang right now. Now we have to divert more assets from smoking out the GSJ to contain (or take out) this asshole.
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10-09-2006, 06:29
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I didn't think you were supposed to microwave Kimchi - NK went about it the hard way too....
Ok, now we are positive they have the tech for the warhead - they have had issues wit hdelivery vehicles - if we can just talk them into putting a working warhead onto one of their non working rockets, they'd take care of themselves.
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10-09-2006, 08:29
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Who's to say they've not ditched the rockets and are going for artillery?
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10-09-2006, 11:43
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China on alert over a nuclear neighbour
Interesting article from the London Times Online:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...393599,00.html
China on alert over a nuclear neighbour
"The sense that Kim’s regime is losing control lies behind the Chinese military buildup. But some South Korean MPs fear China could grab territory from the north in the event of a collapse."
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10-09-2006, 14:05
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Just a thought here…
The “weapon” was detonated in a remote site, with NO outside observers…
There was NO “cratering” and NO radioactivity detected at the site… (admittedly it could take as long as a year for those gasses to escape)
Finally, the weapon was only estimated at 550 tons… (VERY small nuke, only 10% of what the Hiroshima bomb was in 1945)
Just a wild guess, but if you have a crappy hand in poker, you bluff…
I would bet money he “faked” a nuke demonstration for the attention, and the inevitable aid that would come if he were to “stop” further testing—besides who will call his bluff?
What do you guys think?
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10-09-2006, 14:33
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The “weapon” was detonated in a remote site, with NO outside observers…
There was NO “cratering” and NO radioactivity detected at the site… (admittedly it could take as long as a year for those gasses to escape)
Finally, the weapon was only estimated at 550 tons… (VERY small nuke, only 10% of what the Hiroshima bomb was in 1945)
Just a wild guess, but if you have a crappy hand in poker, you bluff…
I would bet money he “faked” a nuke demonstration for the attention, and the inevitable aid that would come if he were to “stop” further testing—besides who will call his bluff?
What do you guys think?
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That theory is being bandied about, on the news talk shows and other BBS Blogs.
You can never tell with this guy, Lil' Kim.
Although, it's also being reported that SK Intel has been noticing movement up in the test area, for the possibility of another test fire.
The NK's were/are saying that they wanted their device to be up in the 400 kilo-ton range and they just got a 550 ton blast. Could it just be loads of TNT/HE explosives or could their device have just been a "fizzle"?
Personally, I think the Chicoms know a lot more of what is going on there than we do, and we need to start pressuring them.
BTW....G.S. Congrats on the Promotion, Sir.
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10-09-2006, 14:33
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Good possibility, but as stated on another post, with this maniac I would be more concerned with this being the validation of a Small Atomic Demolition Munition type device for sale to those who are seeking paradise and don't mind hand delivering such systems to critical notes.
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10-09-2006, 15:13
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If the test is a fake, we should know. 550 tons of TNT is 1,100,000 pounds of explosive. That's a lot of truck loads anyway you figure it.
My guess is that we are looking at satellite data right now to see if there was significant truck activity in the past month in the test area.
Kind of hard to hide that kind of activity in a remote area; we must have been watching.
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