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http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/24/north-korea-says-it-tested-2nd-nuke/
They need to be invaded ASAP.
They need to be invaded ASAP.
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Don't you mean liberated?
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea has conducted its second nuclear test, the country's state news agency announced Monday.
The confirmation came little more than an hour after the U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.7 seismic disturbance at the site of North Korea's first nuclear test in October 2006. The North Korea's Korean Central News Agency said Monday's test was conducted "as part of the measures to bolster up its nuclear deterrent for self-defense in every way."
In Seoul, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak's office said the country was investigating the reported test and would hold an emergency meeting of its national security council.
And in Tokyo, Prime Minister Taro Aso's office said it has set up a special task force to look into the test and how to respond.
There was no immediate response from Washington or Beijing. Video Watch how the test may have taken world by surprise »
"The current nuclear test was safely conducted on a new higher level in terms of its explosive power and technology of its control and the results of the test helped satisfactorily settle the scientific and technological problems arising in further increasing the power of nuclear weapons and steadily developing nuclear technology," KCNA announced.
There was no immediate information on the yield of the weapon used. But the first North Korean test produced, according to U.S. intelligence estimates, an explosion equal to less than 1,000 tons of TNT -- a fraction of the size of the bombs the United States dropped on Japan at the end of World War II. Video Watch South Korea's initial reaction to North Korea's nuclear test »
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The test, which North Korea had threatened after the U.N. Security Council criticized Pyongyang's April 5 test of a long-range rocket, was "faster than expected," said Jim Walsh, an international security analyst at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The questions raised by the test are less military and more political, he added.
"We know so little about this country," Walsh told CNN. "We don't have good relations with them, they're going through a leadership transition and on top of that, they test a nuclear weapon. So the problem with this is we're not going to have military action, but it's all the uncertainty and political consequences."
The test comes two days after former South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun, who'd sought improved relations with North Korea during his 2003-2008 tenure, committed suicide. Just before he left the presidency, Roh became the first South Korean leader to cross the demilitarized zone and meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Video Watch how Roh's legacy may be remembered »
Roh's successor, Lee, takes a harder line on the north and has so far not continued Roh's efforts.
The test also comes less than three weeks after the United States announced a new diplomatic effort to restart the stalled North Korean nuclear talks. The Obama administration's designated point person on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, visited the region for talks with China, South Korea, Japan and Russia -- the other participants in the six-party talks.
In July 2008 negotiators reached agreement with Pyongyang on a timetable for North Korea to resume disabling its nuclear facilities. But the reclusive communist state balked at the deal, demanding the United States first take it off its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
The Bush administration lifted that designation in October, but plans to push for an agreement allowing the other parties to check whether Pyongyang has revealed all of its nuclear secrets stalled.
In June 2008, North Korea acknowledged producing roughly 40 kilograms of enriched plutonium -- enough for about seven nuclear bombs.
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But North Korea remains "years and years" away from having a weapon it can put atop a long-range missile like those in the United States, Chinese or Russian arsenals, said Walsh, the international security analyst.
"Nothing good" can come from Monday's test, he said, "but it doesn't mean they're going to have a real working nuclear weapon tomorrow or next year."
Like what? Go kill Kim Jong Il? Much as I'd like to, but current law prevents me from going into the North.
dig a tunnel,Tim Robbins did it in The Shawshank Redemption!
Like the tunnels of aggression of the North?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Tunnel_of_Aggression
Oh yeah.
I mean Liberated.
I like the sound of that. Liberated.
I think this is the most clear evidence yet that the US needs to invade Iran.
mechanicallizard said:those north korean dudes are desperate to start some shit.
this test is more sabre rattling from the small dog in hood trying to look like a big dog. NK isnt suicidal, they'd be made into a glass parking lot before they could even roll their nuke onto the launch platform
"the Third Tunnel of Aggression was discovered in October 1978 "
that was 30 years ago. it could have been built 30 years prior to that
the amount of fearmongering paranoia coming out of that part of the world is appalling. we should nuke both sides just to be absolutely sure
10 ~ 14 more.
So.... why not do just that? Could save the world a whole lot of trouble.
Not exactly, since NK didn't exist in 1948 (It started officially in 1949)
Numbers said:Besides,
The 3rd was made in 1972, only 6 years prior its discovery.
There are believed to be up to 10 ~ 14 more.
The 4th was found in 1989 and subsequently blocked, and the 5th was found in 2000, but it was collapsed without investigation.
Fear is the ultimate instigator of national will. And god knows we can use a lot of that.
Would anyone really be mad if we gave North Korea the Nagasaki tan?
*snip*
Lol, Stern is trying to be cool by pretending he doesn't want to be here
and acting as if South Koreans shouldn't be suspicious and vigilant about an enemy tyrant regime along their only land border, the most militarized one in the world, who's political and ethical ideologies are basically the arch enemy of all liberal democratic minded people everywhere.
Really though, Stern, you try to hard sometimes.
I read that as "obliterated".Maybe they want to be "liberated"?