North Korea detonates nuke!

[Crazy Horse]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/ustqab.php

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By Jack Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Monday it had safely and successfully carried out an underground nuclear test in a gesture of defiance as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in South Korea.

"The nuclear test was conducted with indigenous wisdom and technology 100 percent," North Korea's Korean Central News Agency said.

"It marks a historic event as it greatly encouraged and pleased the KPA (Korean People's Army) and people that have wished to have powerful self-reliant defense capability."

The report said there was no leak or danger from the test.

The U.N. Security Council last Friday urged North Korea not to carry out a test, warning Pyongyang of unspecified consequences if it did.

The dollar rose to a seven-month high against the yen after the reports but analysts did not expect long-term fallout unless the situation deteriorated further.

"The economy of North Korea is virtually closed from the rest of the world and its regional impact won't be very significant unless there was a major military confrontation," said Wang Qing, an economist at Bank of America in Hong Kong.

South Korea's presidential Blue House said a tremor of magnitude 3.58 to 3.7 had been detected in North Korea at 0135 GMT on Monday.

However, the U.S. Geological Survey said it had detected no seismic activity such as might be expected from a nuclear test on the Korean peninsula within the past 48 hours.

Abe, speaking in Seoul after arriving from an ice-breaking visit to Beijing, also said Japan had no confirmation of a test by North Korea.

A U.S. official said North Korea gave China a 20-minute warning of its test and China immediately told the United States, Japan and South Korea.

Officials in China had no immediate comment.

SECURITY MEETING IN SEOUL

In South Korea, President Roh Moo-hyun was holding an emergency meeting of top security officials at the Blue House following the announcement.

Tokyo backs a hard line toward Pyongyang, while Seoul and Beijing -- leery of instability on the peninsula -- have previously cautioned against backing the North into a corner.

However, all three agree that Pyongyang should end its nearly year-long boycott of six-country talks on ending its nuclear weapons program.

North Korea announced last week it would test a nuclear device saying its hand was forced by what it called U.S. threats of nuclear war and economic sanctions. But it said it would not be the first to use a nuclear weapon.

Analysts say North Korea probably has enough fissile material to make six to eight nuclear bombs but probably does not have the technology to devise one small enough to mount on a missile.

 

[63]

Fantastic!

 

[Hazar]

fantastically disturbing

 

[bryanf445]

Is numbers safe!? I fear for him.

 

[Seagull]

numbers where are you D:

 

[Crazy Horse]

I don't think numbers is as crazy as he seemed, anymore.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

"Numbers? Numbers?! NUUUUUUUUUUMBERS!"

 

[63]

lol NUMBERS

 

[Icarusintel]

If every country just stopped sending them aid, they'd be in pretty bad shape. Honestly, f*ck Kim Jong Il.

 

[Crazy Horse]

I hope numbers wasn't taking a vacation there!!

 

[Stingey]

Fire zeh missiles (and evacuate numbers perhaps)

 

[Agent.M]

This is not good. If any of our allies take military action I hope China steps up.

 

[Crazy Horse]

World War 3 time... hurrah!

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Time to start stockpiling weapons and supplies. Who will join me in repopulating the human race?

 

[Absinthe]

Sweet.

 

[Agent.M]

However this explosion was only the equilavent of 550 tons of tnt compared to a regular nuke that is 12,500 tons soo yah. Kim Jong Il is just tryin to show off his lil peener!

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

At the very least with North Korea being so rogue, is it forces cooperation and further unity between China and the US, which helps foster better trade etc.

 

[Greatgat]

At the very least with North Korea being so rogue, is it forces cooperation and further unity between China and the US, which helps foster better trade etc.

Somehow, I don't think the outcome of this will lead to better trade. Just a guess you know.

 

[Sloth]

Wierd thing is - our school has started a Model UN conference to be held in the next few weeks: Regarding, you guessed it - WMDs! Sucks to be the 3 guys representing North Korea...

Good luck Numbers!

 

[Sam]

I have an image of numbers tied to table and forced to watch the nuke be tested as Kim Jong Il sits in a big chair laughing and stroking a cat. This is before numbers escapes and saves the world though. Double-oh seven? How about one five oh three seven!

 

[15357]

Currently, we're considering declaring a state of emergency and bringing our DEFCON (Military alertness level) to 2 from 3. The GNP (Grand National Party) says that we should get rid of the current pres and cabinet, and I'm agreeing with them.

The War isn't over yet, and I'm just above volunteer/emergency conscription age! Wooohoo.


****.

 

[Maxi]

If it was only a .5 Megaton device, it could just have been a scaled down version of a much larger one, so that the test could be safer.

 

[15357]

OMFG! The stock market went down 32.5 points! BASTARDS!


And some people are saying that theres been a radioactive leak, and our current winds are blowing southeast.... ETA 5 days to reach our northernmost province..

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

So what does that mean? The whole world may be ****ed soon, with the whole wind and radiation thing?

 

[15357]

No, we just get cancer, and it will dissipate and not affect anyone else.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Thank Gabe for that.

 

[Maxi]

According to the finnish geographical thing they say the explosion was about 2 kilotons.

 

[ailevation]

YAY! Let's blow up the world

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

YAY!!!.........Oh wait HELL NO!

 

[15357]

Our WATCHCON went up to Level 2!

Thats the setting for 'iminent war'! WTF?

 

[Majestic XII]

WW3 here we come!

 

[Jintor]

You should know, MJ12. Controlling the world secretly and all.

 

[15357]

When I first heard this news, everything was disorganized. Someone told me that Seoul got nuked, while others told me that the North was attacking. I even got text message SMS alerts that the North had crossed the border. :frown: bleh.

 

[CrazyHarij]

it begins.

 

[PvtRyan]

When I first heard this news, everything was disorganized. Someone told me that Seoul got nuked, while others told me that the North was attacking. I even got text message SMS alerts that the North had crossed the border. :frown: bleh.

BEHIND YOU!!

[ARNOLD]GET DOWN!!![/ARNOLD]

 

[bbson john]

pwnt

 

[Cormeh]

Kim Jong-Il has finally seen Team America.... and he's pissed. DETONATE THE NUCREAR BOMBS!

 

[lePobz]

How long before Kim Jong Il sells a few warheads to Al Queda? It's inhebbitabuw!

 

[bbson john]

Basically, a nuclear war is simply impossible, unless Kim is mad.

Nuclear warheads are never used as weapon, except in WWII.

 

[lePobz]

Basically, a nuclear war is simply impossible, unless Kim is mad.

Nuclear warheads are never used as weapon, except in WWII.

Kim Jong isn't just mad, he's a complete fruitcakey lunatic - and it's never too late to see another chapter in the "when to use nuclear weapons" book.