North Korea

[__earth]

Just to let you know, N Korea is out of their mind.

The buzz before the event, http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/12/international/asia/12nuke.html?hp

A possible mushroom cloud reported in N Korea two days ago, got into the news just an hour ago. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040912/ap_on_re_as/nkorea_explosion&cid=516&ncid=716

More on the stuff, http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=BRYNWIRPLNJK2CRBAEZSFFA?type=topNews&storyID=6211261

The difference between Iraq and N Korea, real nuclear rods.

[jiinjoo]

But there were no real evidence still... I'm doubtful when world papers claimed that it's not (then qualify that there's no real evidence), but then why would they test a nuclear bomb so conspiciously?

[da-hype]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/nkorea.blast/index.html

is it just me.. but what else makes a HUGE mushroom cloud??

*shrugs*

[luke]

is it just me.. but what else makes a HUGE mushroom cloud??

*shrugs*
hydrogen bombs :wink:

well, it's still a nuclear bomb ..

[jiinjoo]

LOL :lol:
The U.S. official said the cloud could be the result of a forest fire.

[da-hype]

South Korea's Yonhap news agency is reporting a huge explosion shook North Korea's northernmost province on Thursday producing a mushroom cloud over 4 kilometers (two miles) wide.

The blast coincided with the anniversary of North Korea's founding on Sepember 9 when various military activities are staged.

The U.S. official said the cloud could be the result of a forest fire.



LOL at forest fire!!! HAHAHAHAH

[Thirdshifter]

An above-ground nuclear test would leave a radioactive fallout "signature" that would be detectable, even at great distances over time. So far, there haven't been any reports of this, or at least none that have been made public.

[da-hype]

An above-ground nuclear test would leave a radioactive fallout "signature" that would be detectable, even at great distances over time. So far, there haven't been any reports of this, or at least none that have been made public.

yeah.. but i'm pretty sure a forest fire couldn't make a 4 km wide mushroom cloud. :P

[Thirdshifter]

An above-ground nuclear test would leave a radioactive fallout "signature" that would be detectable, even at great distances over time. So far, there haven't been any reports of this, or at least none that have been made public.

yeah.. but i'm pretty sure a forest fire couldn't make a 4 km wide mushroom cloud. :P

According to some sources the clouds had been known for several days.. the plot thickens!

[da-hype]

ic..

[jiinjoo]

Maybe they developed something that the rest of the world doesn't know yet? Who say they have to re-make an ancient bomb invented in the 40s?

[masterof_none]

A North Korean official quoted as saying that the explosion was a "deliberate blast during work on a hydro-electric dam "
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/13/1094927512788.html?oneclick=true

Paranoia is permissible.

[da-hype]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/13/nkorea.blast/index.html

masterof_none, post links that users don't have to register to read next time :P

[masterof_none]

da-hype, thanks. It was OK when I read on Google News. ( I think it was free in some period of time?)

[__earth]

oh well. At least it gets more interesting.

NKorea Says Made Nuke Weapons, Shuns 6-Way Talks (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=ETQCIWWGIT3CMCRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=7588568)

[sabishii]

US is forcing China to talk to them now. US wouldn't attack North Korea since it has no oil fields there. Imagine the how would US react if some middle east country were to declare that instead or N Korea.

[__earth]

whoa!

pyongyang has a subway system! I've always thought N Korea is like a typical African nation.

More at NYT (http://www.nytimes.com/video/html/2005/07/12/opinion/20050712_KRISNK_VIDEO.html)